Federer enters Semis

• Posted by T Ghosh January 22, 2014 - Filed in Arts & Culture - #sports  #tennis  #lawn tennis  #roger federer  #nadal  #australian open  - 1,250 views

  

  Roger Federer came back hard after fighting back in a match and won  against Andy Murray on Wednesday to enter into  the Australian Open semifinal to play against his arch rival Rafael Nadal .
  
  Nadal battled hard and  it was unexpectedly a  tough quarterfinal against Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov .

   Federer showed both his vintage best and his fallibility by defeating Murray in the followng sets :  6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (6/8), 6-3. 
  
  The Swiss player was awefully awesome in the first two sets , but he tightened as he neared the finishing line, and was broken when serving for the win before passing up two match points in the third-set tiebreaker. 
  
  Later he got  hold of Murray in a 20-minute hold at the start of the 4th set, then got the most crucial break for 5-3 and, after setting up a third match point, he grabbed the opportunity with an ace. 
  
  "I thought Andy did well, he kept the ball in play and put the pressure on me and unfortunately I couldn't get it done in the third set, with either the serve or the forehand missing. So I am happy to get the win in four," Federer said.