Switzerland's Roger Federer in action during the second round match against Slovakia's Lukas Lacko. — Reuters pic
LONDON, July 4 — Defending champion Roger Federer took his streak of consecutive sets won at Wimbledon to 26 today, reaching the third round with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Slovakia's Lukas Lacko.
Top seed Federer, the eight-time champion, goes on to face either 39-year-old Ivo Karlovic of Croatia or Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
Federer's longest streak of sets won at Wimbledon was 34 between the third round in 2005 to the 2006 final.
Today, the 36-year-old Swiss star fired 16 aces and 48 winners past Lacko, the world number 73. — AFP