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21 THE Helvetic victories marked the first time in history there have been multiple Swiss men in the Wimbledon quarters. Federer, bidding for his eighth title at the All England Club, was ruthless with Spain's Tommy Robredo in a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 vic- tory which included a perfect 21- minute opening set in which the fourth seed won all 20 of his serv- ice points. The 32-year-old with a record 17 grand slam trophies remains the only player in the men's field not to have his serve broken through four matches so far. His win in jut over 90 minutes denied Roberdo a 100th victory at a grand slam. Wawrinka, the Australian Open winner seeded fifth, beat Spain's Feliciano Lopez, the Eastbourne winner, 7-6 (7-5), 7-6 (9-7), 6-3 to set up the clash with his friend and compatriot for a semi-final spot. Each raced to victory, insuring that they would both be in front of the television at home for the Swiss World Cup match with Ar- gentina later Tuesday. "It will be amazing playing Stan here," said Federer, who lost to his countryman in April's Monte Car- lo final. "That (matchup) doesn't happen a lot on Swiss sporting terms. "I feel good on court, my game is right there. I've not had any hic- cups or letdowns, I feel really fo- cused. "We're into the quarter-finals and now the tournament starts for real." In women's play, five-time grand slam winner Maria Sharapova fell to ninth seed Angelique Kerber 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-4 as the German won on her seventh match point as a return sailed long. Kerber had not been past the fourth round of a major since her 2012 Wimbledon semi-final and next plays Canadian Eugenie Bou- chard. Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon champion, had won 22 of 23 matches since April, including the French Open final. Kerber now stands 8-1 this season on grass. 2013 finalist Sabine Lisicki opened with a German win as she beat Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to reach the last eight. Lisicki, who lost the final a year ago to Marion Bartoli, made a dramatic call for the trainer mid- serve in the third game of the fi- nal set while down a break point, halting her motion and going to the sidelines for treatment on her right shoulder. The controversial - but tech- nically legal - move resulted in success, with Lisicki winning the game upon resumption and stut- tering on to take the victory with 33 unforced errors and 29 winners against her confused Kazakh op- ponent. The famed Lisicki serve was no- where in evidence, with the Ger- man suffering through a massive 20 double faults in her win. She broke on six of a dozen chances while losing her own serve six times in the seesaw battle. "The timing (of the time out) was very unfortunate," Lisicki said. "I had hit a ball before, and it (pain) just went into my back. I tried to keep going. I played a few points but I wasn't able to lift my arm. "I was serving, what, 50 miles an hour or something. I don't remem- ber if I ever served that slow in my life before. That's why I had to call the trainer. I just couldn't lift my arm anymore." Lisicki survived to set up a match against French Open finalist and third seed Simona Halep after the Romanian defeated Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-0. Sport maltatoday, WEDNESDAY, 2 JULY 2014 TENNIS MOTORSPORTS Federer, Wawrinka to match up after Swiss double; Sharapova out Switzerland's pair of grand slam champions, Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, will match up for their fourth career meeting at a major as each crushes opponents in straight sets yesterday at the Wimbledon Championships Roger Federer of Switzerland returns to Tommy Robredo of Spain in their fourth round match. Photo by EPA/ANDY RAIN THE second round of the FIA Formula 4 Italian Championship at Imola was an emotional roller- coaster for Malta Formula Racing and all 5 of its drivers, the highlight of which being Mattia Drudi's com- manding victory in Sunday morn- ing's race 2. Drudi's pace in qualifying imme- diately showed he had the pace to fight at the sharp end of the grid, with Keith and Zack both also showing improvement in pace from Adria. While the first race was disappointing for Drudi who was involved in a collision at the start, he more than made up for it in Sun- day's second race of Round 2 held in the morning which saw him move up to second place at the start and then overtake Russo for the lead on lap 5. This result brought great re- lief to Mattia Drudi and the team who always knew and believed that they had what it takes to fight com- petitively for wins. Sadly, Drudi's misfortune struck again in race 3 after his car stalled on the grid, re- sulting in him having to start from the pits. Camilleri and Dante had a better first race, in which both managed to jump up to 5th and 6th position re- spectively, with Keith holding on to this position to the end of the race and Zack only losing out on a battle with Alain Valente of Jenzer Mot- orsport team, in the final stages of the race. On the other hand, Sun- day's races were a complete write off for the pair, who were repeat- edly involved in incidents most of which were brought over through no fault of their own. Keith's race 2 was compromised with a minor incident at the start, with Dante's race coming to an end soon after following a collision at the Variante Alta. Race 3 was even more dramatic with Camilleri be- ing stuck behind Andrea Russo of Diegi Motorsport team, who was driving with a detached front wing. As a result Keith ended up hav- ing to take evasive action and run across the gravel trap to avoid a col- lision. Soon after, Jenzer's Valente pulled over on Camilleri's car on entry in- to the Tamburello, heavily damag- ing his front wing which detached soon after. This resulted in Camill- eri's race being hastily terminated with a black f lag. Particularly dis- appointing was the Alain Valente's attitude after the race, in which he made various threatening remarks towards Camilleri. In a statement the team condemned this attitude and stressed that such behaviour should not be tolerated. Dante was equally unlucky, be- ing involved in collisions which also resulted in heavy damage to his front wing and subsequently being rear ended by the Brazilian of Dav Racing, Gustavo Bandeira. A more dramatic end to the race was incurred by Malta Formula Racing's Giovanni Altoe, who was involved in a dramatic collision with Jonathan Giudice of Antonelli Motorsport, which thankfully both drivers walked away unhurt from. Newcomer to Formula 4 and Malta Formula Racing, India's Maheveer Raghunathan showed promising progress throughout the weekend finishing race 3 in a very respect- able 8th position. After the ups and downs of Imola, Malta Formula Racing and its driv- ers will now set their sights on tack- ling Mugello on the 11-13th July. Victory for Malta Formula Racing's Drudi at Imola Keith Camilleri