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 | A thrilling clash in the semifinals in New York9-09-2011 |
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer will face each other in an exciting semi-finals of the U.S. Open. Serb in 1/4-finalite reach victory against his compatriot and good friend Janko Tipsarevic after the court battle that lasted nearly 3 and a half hours / 7-6 (7 / 2), 6-7 (3-7), 6 -0, 3-0 /. The five-time tournament winner Federer did find a place among the best four, eliminating relatively easy Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in 1 hour and 53 minutes. Federer is one of two players who managed to beat Djokovic this season, but this happens in the semifinals at Roland Garros. Federer took revenge by a Frenchman, which fell into 1/4-finalite at Wimbledon and reached for the 28th time to the semifinals of the tournament "Grand Slam". The meeting was interrupted for an hour and 40 minutes because of rain with 3-2 result in favor of Federer. After his victory he said that playing against Nole is a huge challenge, but he now feels ready for it. For the classification of affected Djokovic and Janko Tipsarevic injury, who lost 1-2 in sets and 0-3 in the fourth set was forced to withdraw because of injury in the left thigh. "We should be more aggressive in the upcoming match. Started badly last two meetings, I was pretty slow and passive. Yanko great tennis game," said Djokovic, who had many difficulties in the first two sets against his compatriot. In clashes with Federer, he still lost by 9-14 and gave the Swiss at Roland Garros, but it beat three times this season - a Austrelian Open, Dubai and Indian Wells, said Wednesday.