Roger Federer begun his Wimbledon 2018 with an easy victory over Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in straight sets. It took just 79 minutes for the 36 year old to register his first victory. Dusan Lajovic lost 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 to Federer on the Centre Court. The world number 57 Lajovic received the same treatment by the Swiss International in the last Wimbledon as well.
Federer will play either France’s Benjamin Bonzi or Slovakia’s world number 73 Lukas Lacko in the next round.
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A packed Centre Court was dominated by Federer fans wearing branded hats and clothing, faces painted with Swiss flags. They cheered louder and louder with every point the eight time Wimbledon champion scored. Roger Federer gave away his headband to a lucky fan in the crowd post the dominating victory against the Serbian.
“There are matches where you know you have to bring your A game. And there are matches where you practice and bring your C game, maybe even D game. That is what this looked like,” said the three time Wimbledon champion, Boris Becker.
“I’m very happy. I felt good from the start, which was not the case against him last year. I felt at home.”, Roger Federer said.