• Federer beats Adrian Mannarino, Nadal sees off Jiri Vesely
• Novak Djokovic also through after beating Karen Khachanov
Andy Murray is back at Wimbledon – for what should be a fascinating stint in the BBC commentary box – but a corner of his heart surely will beat nostalgically to have stayed in the fight as he witnesses his career-long rivals, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, trample over dazzled opposition into the quarter-finals. It is very much an old boys’ reunion here – with the Swiss and the Spaniard still performing heroics while the wounded Scot, unsure still of his match fitness, can only look on with a microphone in his hand. He will do proper commentary on Wednesday as well; what a treat it would be were he to ambush either of them coming off court after their quarter-finals – presumably as winners.
Murray posted on Facebook on Monday, “live in the BBC studio tomorrow with Tim Henman and trying my hand at commentary on Wednesday … what could possibly go wrong?”
Written by Kevin Mitchell at Wimbledon
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jul/09/roger-federer-eases-past-mannarino-into-wimbledon-quarter-finals-tennis under the title “Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal progress ominously into Wimbledon quarters”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
