The match was played on Sunday
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The seven-time champion has not won at SW19 since 2012, but he is one victory away from an historic eighth crown after emerging victorious over Berdych by a 7-6 7-6 6-4 scoreline.
The 35-year-old is the only remaining top-four seed in contention for the title after Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray were knocked out, while Novak Djokovic was forced to retire due to an elbow injury
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the seven-time champion now stands alone atop the Open Era list for most Wimbledon quarter-final appearances.
After an opening day which saw world number three, Stan Wawrinka, suffers a surprise defeat at the hands of Russian Daniil Medvedev, the focus turns to his Swiss compatriot and the favourite for the men’s title
The Swiss reached the second round at the All England Club for the 15th consecutive year and looked in form during the 42 minutes of action on Centre Court.
The 18-times Grand Slam champion, who skipped the clay court season to prepare for grass after winning the Australian Open and titles in Indian Wells and Miami, was in ominous form
The victory was a step in the right direction for the 18-times grand slam champion who is sharpening his grasscourt game ahead of Wimbledon
It was the 18-time Grand Slam champion’s first match since triumphing over Rafael Nadal in Miami having opted to miss the entire clay-court season in a bid to concentrate his efforts and save energy
The 32-year-old French Open finalist has a longstanding and highly successful coaching relationship with Magnus Norman
Federer has been in sensational form in 2017 and managed to clinch an 18th Grand Slam title by beating rival, Rafael Nadal, in the final of the Australian Open back in January
The 35-year-old continued his excellent start to 2017 at the weekend as he landed the Miami Open title with a 6-3 6-4 victory over great rival Rafael Nadal
Australian player, Nick Kyrgios, was unchanged at No 16
He won the final match on Sunday
Federer’s victory sets up a re-match of January’s Melbourne Park title-decider against Spaniard Nadal, who earlier rolled over unseeded Italian Fabio Fognini 6-1 7-5
The fourth seed remains on course for another title triumph Stateside, less than a week on from becoming the oldest champion in Indian Wells history
The Australian Open champion was not on the entry list when it was revealed on Thursday
World number 10 Federer claimed the first set before being broken for the first time at this year’s tournament in the first game of the second set
Federer will face Wawrinka in the final after the world number three beat Pablo Carreno-Busta in straight sets to win the first semi-final
Less than two months after Federer claimed an 18th major title in a classic Australian Open final, the two great rivals could meet again, this time in the fourth round at Indian Wells