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 | Federer and Tsonga qualified for the semifinals in Doha6-01-2011 |
World No. 2 Roger Federer (Switzerland) qualified for the semifinals of the Qatar tennis tournament with a prize fund of $ 1 million. Federer reached the quarterfinals with easy win 6:2, 6:2 for 65 minutes over Victor Troizk (Serbia) and for the fifth time will play in the semifinals. Federer was twice champion of the tournament and has 21 wins and 3 losses in Doha. In another match of the quarterfinals, No. 3-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France) beat Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (Spain) with 7:6 (7:4), 7:6 (9:7). Tsonga fight for the final of the ATP tournament for the first time in the past 15 months. His last Cup final or was in Tokyo in 2009. Federer in the semifinals will meet Tsonga. Currently world No 1 Rafael Nadal (Spain) played with Ernest Gulbis (Latvia).