Watch Federer’s spectacular trick shot

Troicki neutralized the 102nd-ranked Brown’s serve-and-volley game and played better on the key points, winning 6-4, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3. Groth has never reached the fourth round of a grand slam in his career.

Rafael Nadal’s recent woes at Wimbledon continued on Friday morning (AEST) after the two-time champion suffered yet another shock loss to a player ranked outside the top 100 at the All England Club.

The Swiss star suddenly became Gretzky with the puck on his stick; Peyton Manning inside the five with the game on the line and 30 seconds left; Jim Murray and Red Smith with a lead; Meryl Streep with a role.

“It’s rare that it happens”, Federer said of the between-the-legs lob.

“The factor is, when I got here on tour, when I was watching on TV, I nonetheless have the photographs in my thoughts the place (Stefan) Edberg and Becker and all these guys, that they had extra color”.

Swiss Centre Court king Federer overshadowed a bevy of sports stars in the royal box to march imperiously past monster-serving Australian Sam Groth and set up a fourth-round meeting with Roberto Bautista Agut.

Women’s defending champion Petra Kvitova reached the third round with a 62, 60 win over Japan’s Kurumi Nara in a Court One littleandlarge tussle.

Federer was both amused and pleased when told of the American’s reaction to his moment of magic.

Before this tournament, the world number 65 Rybarikova had never won a match at Wimbledon in seven years of trying. Running across to cut off a Querrey approach, Federer overran the ball but stopped dead, put the racket between his legs and lifted a ideal lob over Querrey’s head. Querrey chased down the shot but returned it into the net. He went down an immediate break and Federer held to love, unable to do anything wrong, it seemed.

Ex- finalist Agnieszka Radwanska needed just 49 minutes to win her second-round match at Wimbledon on Thursday.

German 10th seed Angelique Kerber was also a victor, seeing off Russia’s Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 75, 62 while 2012 runnerup Agnieszka Radwanska, the Polish 13th seed, defeated Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic 60, 62. After missing the 2009 tournament because of injury, Nadal collected another trophy in 2010, then lost to Djokovic in the 2011 final.

“There are still nerves”, said the 2013 champion.

“Is that what they do?”

“Through the legs, you’re not sure if it’s going to come short or high”.

Responded his interlocutor: “Well, it depends how the interviews go, Andy”. The score would be 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, but it was mostly Federer just being Federer.

Murray broke his opponent six times to wrap up the win in 1 hour, 27 minutes.

“Whatever I do is to take him out of his comfort zone”, Brown said. It was highly competitive and compelling tennis, even as more stories than not said that he appeared to be losing his fastball with age.

Federer swept the Wimbledon board five years in succession between 2003 and 2007, before Rafa Nadal denied him a sixth-straight triumph. That’s Camilla, Prince Charles’ wife, for the non-royal cognoscenti. Organizers said rain showers were forecast to continue into the afternoon.

John Isner and USA Open champion Marin Cilic are back at it on Court 1.

Wimbledon is getting its first drops of rain for this year’s tournament.

Thursday’s action started late due to rain which came as a welcome relief to fans and players who had sweltered in record temperatures of over 35 degrees on Wednesday.

The Centre Court crowd rose as one, but Federer was not done.