Wimbledon: Federer Beats Berdych, Faces Cilic In Final

World number five, Roger Federer beat Tomas Berdych in straight sets in the semi-final to reach his 11th Wimbledon final on Friday.

The Seven-time champion defeated the Czech 11th seed 7-6 (7-4) 7-6 (7-4) 6-4, as he bids to claim a record eighth title.

The Swiss will face Croatia’s Marin Cilic in Sunday’s final after the seventh seed beat American 24th seed Sam Querrey 6-7 (6-8) 6-4 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 on Centre Court.

If the 35-year-old defeats Cilic on Sunday, he will become Wimbledon’s oldest champion.

“I feel very privileged to be in another final and get the pleasure to play on Centre Court another time,” said Federer who was playing in his 42nd Grand Slam semi-final.

Federer will be wary of Cilic, the 2014 US Open winner who nearly defeated him in the quarter-finals last year.

“We had a brutal quarter-final last year here and he crushed me at the US Open in 2014,” said Federer.

“Things got complicated and I got lucky to win last year. Marin is a great guy and I’m happy that he’s in his first Wimbledon final.”