"Morning Champ. How do you fancy No.1 Court for your semi?" Such is the star-power of Kevin Anderson. Basically, Federer never loses to people who just serve, so expect this one to be over in short order.

Anderson has been on court four hours longer than Federer this Wimbledon, and this set is over in 26 minutes. He is just so stupidly good, cementing things to love and finishing with a forehand drop. Boris says he's "very unique" and perhaps in his regard that tautology is permissible.

Anderson nets a forehand to give Federer break point and after a fault a forehand return cramps Anderson, who wafts a backhand slice over the baseline. That's the double-break, and Federer will shortly serve for the set.

Yeah, a love hold, yeah.

Federer forces Anderson to play three deuces before a forehand return goes wide. A big serve and clean-up forehand follow, but Anderson is being forced to fight for everything; my guess is we gets two sets with one break, then a third that's not at all close.

Federer hasn't been broken at Wimbledon since losing his first service game of last year's semi to Berdych; I'm not sure Kevin is the man to sort that, though the record of 118 straight holds belongs to Pete Sampras, 118 between from round 3 in 2000 and to round 2 in 2001. He holds.

Federer gives away so few free points, but Anderson is finding his first serves now and holds to 15.

An ace for Federer to begin with, who holds to love and in making it 40-0 finds a particularly delicious angle across the net. He's quite good.

Immediately, Federer races to 0-40, and Anderson looks peaky. But he slams a phat service winner down the middle next, only to lose the point as soon as the tennis starts. Federer seems deeply affected by the No.1 Court slight.

The players will be with us presently.