TENNIS

WORLD No 1 Roger Federer needed less than an hour to dispatch Filip Krajinovic at the BNP Paribas Open in California yesterday, mixing overpowering serves and pinpoint groundstrokes to advance to the fourth round of the tournament.

Playing for a third consecutive day due to weather delays in Indian Wells, the 36-year-old Swiss showed no sign of wear en route to a 6-2, 6-1 thrashing of the Serbian