Second seed Roger Federer put up a show as he outclassed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-2 6-3 to book a place in the last eight at Wimbledon.

Second seed Roger Federer beat Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2 6-2 6-3 to book a place in the last eight at Wimbledon.

Seven-time champion Federer now needs one more title to break the record he holds with Pete Sampras and Willie Renshaw.

The Swiss did not buy much into his win insisting that it was his opponent who was not at his best.

“I don’t think I made a statement,” said Federer. “I did a nice job making the transition.

“It was a good match. I got off to a good start and kept rolling. Obviously maybe Roberto wasn’t at his very best.”

Federer will next face Gilles Simon for a place in the semi-finals.

In the other games, Swiss fourth seed and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka won 7-6 (7-3) 7-6 (9-7) 6-4 to set up a last-eight tie with Richard Gasquet. France’s Gilles Simon knocked out World number six Tomas Berdych in straight sets while Canadian Vasek Pospisil fought back to beat Viktor Troicki of Serbia 4-6 6-7 (4-7) 6-4 6-3 6-3.

Defending champion Novak Djokovic also fought back from two sets down to level his match against Kevin Anderson before bad light stopped play at Wimbledon.

Novak Djokovic battled back to level at 2-2 with Kevin Anderson before play was suspended

The world number one was put under immense pressure  on Court One as the big-serving South African took the first two sets of the fourth-round tie but  Djokovic fought back to level 6-7 (8-6) 6-7 (8-6) 6-1 6-4 after three hours and four minutes.

Play stopped at 21:03 British Standard Time (BST) and will resume for the deciding set on today.

Women events

Meanwhile Maria Sharapova reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon as fifth seed Caroline Wozniacki bowed out.

Sharapova, 28, has yet to drop a set at this year’s tournament but was tested by unseeded 21-year-old Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan before eventually progressing 6-4 6-4 in 97 minutes.

Maria Sharapova celebrates after reaching to the Wimbledon quarter-finals

The Russian fourth seed will now face 23-year-old American Coco Vandeweghe.

Dane Wozniacki, 24, was looking to reach the last eight for the first time but lost 6-4 6-4 to Garbine Muguruza.

The Spanish 21-year-old, seeded 20th, will now face Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky , who beat Romania’s Monica Niculescu 1-6 7-5 6-2.

Vandeweghe booked her meeting with Sharapova with a surprise win over sixth seed Lucie Safarova.

Czech Safarova, 28, finished runner-up at the French Open this year but lost out to Vandeweghe, who won 7-6 7-6 to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final for the first time.

Fellow American Madison Keys , 21, overcame Olga Govortsova , 26, of Belarus 3-6 6-4 6-1 and will now face Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, who beat Serbian former world number one Jelena Jankovic 7-5 6-4.

Serena Williams, left, hugged her sister Venus after winning their Wimbledon singels match on Monday. Serena Williams won 6-4, 6-3.

Two-time Australian Open winner Victoria Azarenka from Belarus eased past Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-3 and now faces five-time Wimbledon champion Serena Williams in the next round after her win over sister Venus Williams. Whom she beat 6-4 6-3 in one hour and eight minutes on Centre Court.

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The Swiss who is seeded eight played brilliantly in a 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-4 victory at Roland Garros.

Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka returns the ball to Serbia’s Novak Djokovic during their final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium, Sunday, June 7, 2015 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Wawrinka, 30, brought an end to Djokovic’s 28-match winning run as he claimed his second Grand Slam title.

Djokovic harbored hopes of becoming the eighth man to complete the set of all four major titles were not achieved.

This means the serb will have to wait for atleast another 12 months before attempting to match the full set of major titles collected by Andre Agassi, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Roger Federer, Rod Laver, Rafael Nadal and Fred Perry.

Djokovic went into the final as an overwhelming favourite after he had eliminated nine-time champion Rafael Nadal and third seed Andy Murray, but he was outclasses by Wawrinka.

“It was an incredible atmosphere on court and I felt emotion like I never have before,” said Wawrinka.

“I would like to thank my coach Magnus Norman. You played in the final without winning but this victory is yours as well as mine.”

Djokovic congratulated the champion pointing out wawrinka’s character and respect, “There are things that are more important in life than victories and that is character and respect – Stan you are a great champion with big heart.”

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hugs Switzerland’s Stan Wawrinka, left, after Wawrinka won the men’s final of the French Open tennis tournament in Paris, France.

The champion pointed out how one day his counter-part Djokovic will win the Roland Garros.

“One day, you will win Roland Garros,” Wawrinka told the serb during the post-match ceremony. “You deserve it.”

Wawrinka was making his 11th French Open appearance, equaling Federer and Andre Agassi for most attempts before winning it.

The victory makes him only the second Swiss to win at Roland Garros after Roger Federer, the man he beat in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile fourteen-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal has dropped to 10th in the latest world rankings - his lowest position in more than a decade. The Spaniard, 29, has fallen after losing to world number one Novak Djokovic in the French Open quarter-finals last week.

Rafael Nadal Drops to the Lowest Ranking in 10 years

It is Nadal's lowest ranking since he was 11^th   as a teenager in April 2005. Swiss Stan Wawrinka, who beat Djokovic to the Roland Garros men's singles title on Sunday, climbs from ninth to fourth. Djokovic, 28, stays ahead of Switzerland's Roger Federer and Britain's Andy Murray, who was beaten by the Serb in the last four. full list of the men's rankings

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