soderling serving after misses his first serve. soderling ends up double faulting. federer's previous shot wasn't affected. soderling, how else can you affect it. match point for federer. serving. soderling missing the return wide. and he defeats soderling yet again. 11 straight times. federer liking his form at wimbledon. >> you know, it was definitely a serving contest out there today. and not many rallies, so maybe not that much fun for the people, but i stayed calm, waited for my chance and thank god i came up with a good form when i had to in the breaker. and, you know, it was always going to be hard for him to keep serving those big second serves when it really mattered. that's why i wasn't particularly surprised he hit a double fault at 5-5 in the breaker. i'm playing well. i thought i played a great first week. today was different just because there were not that many rallies. it was a different type of match. it could be the same again in the next round, so i'm excited i'm through to another quarter. >> brazil dash's americas ♪ 100 calorie light beer with l

soderling, misses the return wide. federer, in straight sets. 23 aces, zero double faults for roger federer on the day. >> it was definitely sort of a serving contest out there today. not many rallies, so maybe not as much fun for the people, but, you know, i stayed calm and waited for my chance and thank god i came up with a good form when i had to in the breaker. you know, it's always going to be hard for him to keep serving those big second serves when it really mattered, that's why i wasn't particularly surprised that he hit a double fault in the breaker. >> i thought i played a great first week. today was different just because it's not that many rallies. it was a different type of match. it could be the same again in the next round. so i'm excited. i'm through to another quarter. >> a little later in the show, we'll take a closer look at the men's field. several top seeds in action including american andy roddick, twice a runner up here, looking to take that final step. houston rockets team physician dr. tom clan

i think soderling is well aware of the task heavyduty him.ederer in 10 career matches, but nobody beats him in 11 in a row. federer has won of the 23 sets between them. soderling, just try to get more than a set this time. >> marlins putting their five-game win streak on the line against the the rays. bottom of the eighth, bases that loaded for b.j. upton. the wa that's hit all the way to thescs wall.avarro t two score on the double. rays win 7-3. florida's win streak is over. ramirez went homeless in a span of 26 games, but bounced back with a vengeance. now has four home runs and 15 rbis in his last five games. >> giants/brewers, the lone interleague game on the ledger friday. matt kean trying to be the n.l.'s first game-winner in the third. j.j. hardy deep to center, his seventh of the year. oh-oh. bengie molina can't avoid it. brewers win 5-1. that's good comedy. tony stewart crashed during practice and will drive his backup car sunday in new hampshire. the points leader, stewart earned the position when qualifying was rained out. because

on monday he faced soderling. to the second set we go, federer having taken the first set 6-4, 1-all in the second set. tie-break, federer on the run, come on. we'll take another look. look at the wrist. just like that. federer takes the second set and the tie-break. we go to the third set. federer down 4-5. in the tie-break. soderling, serves and then a solid forehand up the line. and federer does that. he ties the tie-break at 5-all. soderling, perhaps shaken a bit by federer's talent on that last point. double fault. match point now for federer. roger serving. soderling, misses the return wide. federer, in straight sets. 23 aces, zero double faults for roger federer on the day. >> it was definitely a serving contest out there today. not many rallies, so maybe not as much fun for the people, but, you know, i stayed calm, waited for my chance and thank god i came up with a good form when i had to in the breaker, and, you know, i knew it would be hard for him to keep serving those big second serves. that's why i w

and robin soderling will face federer, the man who beat him in paris. "joking" aside. >> me and my coach were joking, saying nobody can beat me 10 times in a row, but we were wrong. so for next match, next time we play, you know, nobody can beat me 11 times in a row, i promise you. >> we're all just "joking" around. it's one big "joke." the soft "j." >> when he wins, he'll be "jumping" for "joy." >> soderling is well aware of the task ahead.. only won one set against him. d maybe that's where you start. >> got to start somewhere. marlins putting their five-gamer win streak on the line againstt the rays. bottom eight, 3-3 game, bases f loaded for b.j. upton. going to bounce off the base of the wall. rays win 7-3, as florida's five-game win streak comes to an end. >> ramirez homered in the loss. he went homerless in a span of 26 games, but bounced back with a vengeance. now has four home runs and 15 rbis in his last five games. >> giants-brewers, the lone interleague game on the ledger on friday. j.j. hardy, his seventh of the year. kean, not 1 of his bet

he's complained about his knee since a fourth-round loss to robin soderling at the french open on may 31. nadal agonized over the decision. >> don't play wimbledon, it's one of the toughest decisions in my career. but, you know, the situation makes me -- the decision a little bit easier. not only 'cause it's tough, but at the same time it's -- it's what it is. not option to do. >> for just the fourth time in the last 40 years, defending men's singles champion will have to miss wimbledon. nadal is the first since ivanisevic missed because of shoulder surgery in 2002. prior to that smith and newcombe did not defend their titles back in the early 70s. earlier on espnews we discussed nadal's withdrawal with cliff drysdale. >> in the press conference, interesting to hear him say that he's tapped out with the knee problems he's having at the moment and the physicality that he brings to the coat, he's not going to raise the bar any higher. he's made this decision for a couple of reasons. mentally he's not there anymore at the moment. physically he needs to go away, fix up the knee problem. h