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 | Roger Federer v Richard Gasquet in the semifinals in Dubai24-02-2011 |
World No. 2 Roger Federer (Switzerland) qualified for the semifinals of the strongest tennis tournament in Dubai with a prize fund 1.62 million dollars. Federer had no trouble with Stahovski Sergey (Ukraine) in the quarterfinals and won 6:3, 6:4 for 73 minutes. Three breaks were enough for Swiss to be congratulated on his victory. The semi-finals opponent will be Federer Richard Gasquet (France). Gasquet, who in the first round to beat missile first Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, beat Gilles Simon (France), 5:7, 6:2, 6:4. Champion Australian Open Novak Djokovic (Serbia) also qualified for the semifinals. Djokovic, who is No. 2-seeded and No. 3 in the world, beat Florian Mayer in the quarterfinals (Germany) with 7:5, 6:1 for 76 minutes. For Novak Djokovic, it was the 12th consecutive pobeda.Za Serb This is the first tournament since winning the title in Melbourne in January. The semifinals rival Djokovic will be number 3 in the main draw Tomas Berdych (Czech Republic). Berdych beat Philip Pechner (Germany) with 7:5, 6:4 to 1:47.