Roger Federer acknowledging the crowd’s cheers after his victory over Roberto Bautista.

Roger Federer rolled into the quarter-finals of the US Open for the 10th time in 11 years while experience finally got the better of youth at the year’s final grand slam.

Five-times champion Federer powered his way past Spain’s Roberto Bautista 6-4 6-3 6-2, the 33-year-old raising his record on Arthur Ashe Stadium court to a dazzling 25-1.

Facing Federer for the first time, the 26-year-old Spaniard quickly found himself 5-1 down in the opening set to the 17-time grand slam winner, who then eased off the gas and coasted to an unflustered straight sets win in just under two hours.

On another sweltering day at the US National Tennis Centre, three emerging talents and potential grand slam winners of the future were finally ushered to the Flushing Meadows exit.

Chinese doubles specialist Peng Shuai routed 17-year-old Belinda Bencic 6-2 6-1, Tomas Berdych thrashed 20-year-old Austrian Dominic Thiem 6-1 6-2 6-4, and Frenchman Gael Monfils beat 23-year Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 7-5 7-6 7-5.

Monfils put aside his showman antics for a more workmanlike approach to his fourth round match and it resulted in victory over the player dubbed “Baby Fed” for his all-around game that resembles Switzerland maestro Federer’s.

Frenchman Monfils, seeded 20th, returns to the quarter-finals for the first time since 2010 for a date with Federer.

“He’s got easy top 10 potential,” said Federer of Monfils, who has yet to drop a set.

“He’s a great mover. He’s got a wonderful serve, really, which nobody really talks about because of his athletic movement which stands out so much.

“His issues have really been just his fitness and his setbacks he’s had because of injury. Then sometimes maybe not wanting to play sometimes because of reasons only he can explain. I think I can speak on behalf of so many players: We love watching him play.”

It was not all joy for the French contingent on Tuesday with Gilles Simon losing to big-serving Croat Marin Cilic.

Cilic and Simon have played a combined 49 five-setters in their tennis careers so far so it was no surprise that the last meeting between the two players went the distance.

Cilic had won a five-set marathon over Simon earlier this year at the Australian Open and it was the 14th seeded Croatian coming out on top again 5-7 7-6 6-4 3-6 6-3.