London, July 04: Swiss fourth seed Roger Federer bludgeoned US fifth seed Andy Roddick 7-6 (8/6) 6-3 6-3 in 1hr 43min today to race into the final of the men's singles at Wimbledon, setting up a meeting with Australia's Mark Philippoussis. Philippoussis, like Federer reaching his first Wimbledon final, earlier demolished 13th seed Sebastien Grosjean of France 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-3 in 1hr 56 min.
Federer clenched his fists after winning on his third match point when Roddick fired wide as the 21-year-old from Basel, junior champion here in singles and doubles in 1998, became the first Swiss man ever to reach the final. "It's incredible. It's tough to understand what has been happening. I played an incredible match today - this is my favourite tournament. It's a dream," said Federer.
"I am happy I won in three sets. I was way more focused that I was the last few matches. Everything went right, I was serving well, I was reading his serve well,” he said. "I hope I can keep this up for the final," added Federer.