Romanis
22-01-2014, 09:54 PM
Vintage Federer this evening (morning for you guys). Sublime backhands and forehands that left Murray clutching at straws.
Easily won the first 2 sets and seem to handle a mini-revival by Murray by setting himself to serve for the match in the 3rd.
Then the complacency set in and Murray broke back to take it to the tie-break. Federer again composed himself to race within 2 match points only to fluff his lines and allow Murray to win a set that he seemed destined to lose.
But Federer stuck it in and seized the initiative once more with a new found aggression missing in recent years to win the 4th.
He faces Nadal in Friday's semi-final, the Spaniard seeing off a determined Dmitrov (sp) who's been described as a 'Baby Federer.'
Wawrinka faces Berdych in the other semi-final, but you sense the champion will come from the semi-final between the 2 men who have 30 Slams under their belt.
Nadal will obviously start as hot favourite, having won 2/3 of his previous encounters with the Swis
Easily won the first 2 sets and seem to handle a mini-revival by Murray by setting himself to serve for the match in the 3rd.
Then the complacency set in and Murray broke back to take it to the tie-break. Federer again composed himself to race within 2 match points only to fluff his lines and allow Murray to win a set that he seemed destined to lose.
But Federer stuck it in and seized the initiative once more with a new found aggression missing in recent years to win the 4th.
He faces Nadal in Friday's semi-final, the Spaniard seeing off a determined Dmitrov (sp) who's been described as a 'Baby Federer.'
Wawrinka faces Berdych in the other semi-final, but you sense the champion will come from the semi-final between the 2 men who have 30 Slams under their belt.
Nadal will obviously start as hot favourite, having won 2/3 of his previous encounters with the Swis