BBCSport Six-time champion Roger Federer overcame a major scare to beat Julien Benneteau in five sets and advance to the fourth round of Wimbledon.
A day after Rafael Nadal crashed out, Federer recovered from two sets down to win 4-6 6-7 (3-7) 6-2 7-6 (8-6) 6-1.
Federer struggled against the power of the 29th seed in the first two sets.
“I did start to play better and better as the match went on, that’s kind of what I expected of myself once a set down,” Federer said.
“That I guess comes with experience, but experience alone is not going to win you the match. I had to push deep and extremely hard, and I’m very happy with the way things sort of happened at the end.”
Having clawed his way back to parity, Federer took advantage of an injury to his French opponent to sweep through the final set in 26 minutes.
