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 | Djokovic against Federer in the semifinals at Wimbledon4-07-2012 |
Six-times champion Roger Federer (Switzerland) qualified for the semifinals of the British Open tennis.
Third-seeded Federer handle without problems with the 26th in the scheme Mikhail Youzhny (Russia) with 6:1, 6:2, 6:2.
30-year-old Swiss has not allowed a break and placed 25 winning hits in the meeting, which lasted 92 minutes.
Six-times champion of "Wimbledon" took an early advance of 3:0, then won five of the next six games to secure success in the first set and led with 2:0 in the second. A little later he realized a new breakthrough for 5:2 and closed the second part in his own submission.
In the third set Federer again led with 2:0 and with 4:1 broke the second time, which was enough for the final success.
For place in the final the Swiss will face last year's champion and world No 1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia), who defeated Florian Mayer (Germany) also with 3:0 sets - 6:4, 6:1, 6:4. The game continues exactly 105 minutes, and Nole made more unforced errors than his opponent, but there are many problems, and seven aces and an excellent percentage of first serve, find a place in the semis.
The other two quarterfinals, David Ferrer - Murray and Philip Kolshrayber - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, will broadcast the second semifinal pair.