Federer into 7th successive Wimbledon Final

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Roger Federer has become the first man to go through to 20 major finals, and is well on course to taking his 15th grand slam title after easing his way past German Tommy Haas in their Wimbledon semi-final clash.

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns a ball to Germany's Tommy Haas  during their semi final match on Day 11 at the 2009 Wimbledon tennis  championships at the All England Club. Federer beat Haas 7-6 (7/3),  7-5, 6-3 to reach his seventh straight Wimbledon final.(AFP/Glyn Kirk)

The five-time champion had never served better than he did on Friday. He never permitted Haas even a peek at a break point before taking the first set 7-6. In the second, the Swiss edged his 31 year old rival in a display of sheer brilliance before a mesmerised Centre Court.

He never looked like losing the set as he consistently found the baseline, forcing Haas into sloppy errors and taking it it 7-5. He rounded the victory off in style with a slam-dunk smash to send a warning message to his opponent in the final that he remains the one to beat in world tennis.

Roger Federer, 5-time Wimbledon Champion said "I don't know how much, you know, like a record, like my great record I have against Roddick, would come into play. I'm not sure. It starts from zero. It's the same thing with Murray's record, which he has a good one against me, but then he's never been in a Wimbledon final before. It's my seventh straight. At the end of the day, you have to let the racquet do the talking."