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Federer, Nadal sail into second round at Wimbledon

Xinhua, June 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seven-time champion Roger Federer rolled past Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur at the Wimbledon Championships here on Tuesday.

The Swiss struck 26 winners to just 12 unforced errors against the world No. 88 for the 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 victory in just one hour and seven minutes.

The 23-year-old Dzumhur became the first Bosnian man to play a Grand Slam event when he reached the Australian Open third round as a qualifier last year but found it hard to challenge the 17-time Grand Slam winner.

"I was happy I played aggressive," said the Swiss. "He hung around, changed up his game a little bit which also made it a bit more difficult. I'm always happy to win."

Rafael Nadal spent more time on No. 1 Court, taking two hours 11 minutes to beat Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. [ Nadal, who has slipped to 10th in the world rankings, will next play Dutch German qualifier Dustin Brown, who defeated Lu Yen-Hsun of Chinese Taipei.

The 29-year-old, who lost in the fourth round to teenager Nick Kyrigos last year, was happy with his performance after the match.

"It was a very positive victory," he said. "Straight sets, no bad feelings, good backhands. The forehand needs to be a bit more aggressive." Endi