Federer takes royal route at Wimbledon

Six-time champion Roger Federer reached the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 win over Italy's Fabio Fognini, a regal performance witnessed by Britain's Prince Charles.

The third-seeded Swiss took just 74 minutes to defeat Fognini, who received a quick lesson in bowing from Federer before walking onto Centre Court where Charles, on a first visit to the All England Club in more than 40 years, was watching with his wife Camilla from the royal box. Federer, chasing Pete Sampras's record of seven Wimbledon titles, fired 13 aces and 35 winners and has lost just nine games in his first two rounds.

"I'm very happy to have won and to be back on Centre Court. It's great to have that feeling and to see Charles and Camilla up there is just great for tennis," said Federer.

"We were told beforehand that they were coming and we were asked to bow. We said no problem." AFP