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Wimbledon: No. 1 Roger Federer Earns Refreshingly Routine Victory Over Arnaud Clement

by Ben Rothenberg
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No. 1 Roger Federer got his first easy victory of the tournament over Arnaud Clement, beating the veteran Frenchman 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 in the third round.

For the second straight match, Federer was not broken, and only faced one break point in the entire match.

Next up for Federer is No. 16 Jurgen Melzer, who made the semifinals of the French Open earlier this month.

In related news, Federer’s likeliest quarterfinal opponent, Tomas Berdych, has been pushed to a fifth set against Uzbek Denis Istomin

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