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 | Andy Murray reached the semifinals in London26-11-2010 |
Roger Federer and Andy Murray are the first two semi-finalists in the final Masters in London, having occupied the top two spots in the preliminary group "B". Former world No 1 Federer reached the third consecutive clean victory by 2:0 sets, and this time beat Robin Soderling (Sweden) with 7:6, 6:3 in the final iteration of Roland Garros in 2009 year.
Federer fights for a record fifth title of the final Masters, but against Soderling has an impressive asset - 15 wins and only 1 loss.
After winning the first set tiebreak after a 7:5, Federer made a breakthrough in the eighth game of the second part, led to 5:3 and that brought him success in the fight.
The representative of the hosts Murray did not meet resistance from the Spaniard David Ferrer and beat him in two sets with 6:2 for 69 minutes of play.
So Britain took second place in the group and find a place among the best four for joy, 17-strong audience. Last year, Murray was also in the group with Federer, but then failed to qualify for the "Final Four".
Tonight is the last two meetings of the Group "A". Rafael Nadal against Tomas Berdych and Novak Djokovic v Andy Roddick. Most likely, Nadal and Djokovic will be semi-finalists from this group.