London — Roger Federer reached his 50th Grand Slam quarterfinal in just over an hour-and-a-half on Monday with a 6-4 6-2 6-4 win over Grigor Dimitrov in the Wimbledon fourth round. Seven-time Wimbledon champion Federer will face either Canada’s Milos Raonic, the sixth seed, or German 10th seed Alexander Zverev for a place in the semifinals. Raonic beat Federer in the Wimbledon semifinals in 2016. Federer, 35, is also the second oldest man to make the quarterfinals at Wimbledon behind Ken Rosewall who was 39 when he reached the last eight in 1971. "I’m thrilled to be back in the quarters again," said Federer, who took his record over Dimitrov to 6-0. "It’s very special to be in a 15th quarterfinal here." Defending champion Andy Murray reached a 10th successive Wimbledon quarterfinal on Monday. Top seed Murray eased to a 7-6 (7/1) 6-4 6-4 win over France’s Benoit Paire, who was trying to make the last eight for the first time at a tournament he once described as greatly "displeasing" ...
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