At last, a Federer sighting!

The world mens' tennis number one was finally sighted on Wimbledon when he made an all-too-brief and tentative appearance in the All England Club's hallowed Centre Court. Fresh from a five-day forced rest, Roger Federer made an emphatic start in his quarterfinals match against former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero when he broke the Spaniard's serve at the very first opportunity to lead 2-0 in the first set. Within a few games after that however, there were signs that Federer's long holiday (courtesy of Tommy Haas' withdrawal from their fourth round match ) had eaten away into his match preparedness when his serve was broken to love as he was serving for the set at 5-3. After Ferrero hung tough in the next game to consolidate the break, Federer was struggling to hold serve at deuce when rain halted play once again at the tournament. Thus after just 37 minutes of play, Federer was seen no more on the tournament's tenth day as play was suspended for rest of the day.
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