London, July 11: Swiss tennis star Roger Federer eased into the quarterfinals for the 15th time at Wimbledon, as he defeated Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 here.

Rafael Nadal knocked out

The 35-year-old Federer won for the sixth time in a row over the 2017 Sofia and Brisbane champion Dimitrov, former world number 8.

The seven-time Wimbledon champion, who is eyeing his record extending 19th Grand Slam title, is set to play against Canadian Milos Raonic, seeded number 6.

The 2016 Wimbledon finalist Raonic beat German Alexander Zverev, 20, 4-6, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

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