Published: Tuesday June 28, 2011 MYT 8:13:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday June 28, 2011 MYT 1:24:17 PM

Federer beats Youznhy in 4 sets to reach Wimbledon quarter-finals

Federer returns the ball to Youzhny during their match at Wimbledon, Monday, June 27, 2011. - AP

WIMBLEDON, England (AP): Six-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer dropped his first set of the tournament before coming back to beat Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 Monday and reach the quarter-finals.

Federer was leading 4-1 in the first-set tiebreaker but Youzhny earned four points in a row and won it 7-5. The third-seeded Swiss was error-prone throughout, but Youzhny could only take advantage of one of his seven break points.

The 18th-seeded Russian saved two match points but went long on a third to give Federer victory. Federer will face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France in the quarter-finals.