Federer Breaks Borg Record, Meets Henman at Wimbledon


Posted on June 27, 2006

All of England will gather their hopes when unseeded hero Tim Henman faces world No. 1 Roger Federer in second-round play at Wimbledon.

Henman reached the difficult match-up with a dramatic 6-7(8), 6-3, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 comeback win Tuesday over Sweden's Robin Soderling.

Federer gained the matchup after a 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win over Nottingham grasscourt winner Richard Gasquet, in the process breaking Bjorn Borg's record for consecutive grasscourt wins with 42.

Federer was at his sublime best with five aces and 35 winners to Gasquet's five.

Henman leads his head-to-head with the world No. 1 6-4, but has failed to win a set in their last three encounters.

Rankings
ATP - Feb 06 WTA - Feb 06
1 Novak Djokovic1 Victoria Azarenka
2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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