Roger Federer moved to within two victories of a record sixth successive Wimbledon title on Wednesday when he crushed Croatia's Mario Ancic 6-1, 7-5, 6-4 in a harshly one-sided quarter-final.Top seed Federer, who will face either Spain's Feliciano Lopez or former world number one Marat Safin for a place in the final, moved into an impressive 17th consecutive Grand Slam semi-final, a run stretching back over four years.
Federer, now with 64 wins in a row on grass, stormed through the first set in just 20 minutes breaking the 24-year-old Croatian in the second and sixth games and giving up just a single point in four service games.
At 6-1 and 1-1 in the second set, rain forced the players off Centre Court for over two hours but on the resumption, Ancic briefly rediscovered his composure.
However, a poor hit followed by a second double fault of the match on break point in the 11th game gave Federer a 6-5 lead which the champion converted into a two-set lead with a ninth leading after only 56 minutes on court.
Ancic, a semi-finalist in 2004 and who spent almost four hours coming back from a two-set deficit to beat Fernando Verdasco in the last round, was reasonably drooping.
Federer flounced to victory consideration of his 15th ace after only one hour 42 minutes of stroke.
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