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“There's a lot of tension. There's a lot at stake. I'm expecting a great fight in two days,” said Novak Djokovic as he looked ahead to his blockbuster Australian Open semi-final with Roger Federer, set for Thursday night on Rod Laver Arena.
He has been a trailblazer for Canadian tennis throughout his career and Milos Raonic carved out another slice of history for his country on Wednesday night in Melbourne as he became the first Canadian man to reach the Australian Open semi-finals.
It will be Novak Djokovic vs. Roger Federer in the semifinals of the Australian Open after they dominated their respective matches on Tuesday.
Milos Raonic became the first player since 2012, other than Djokovic, to beat Stan Wawrinka at the Australian Open when the Canadian prevailed 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-3 during fourth-round action on Monday afternoon.
Novak Djokovic committed a hard-to-believe 100 unforced errors in his 6-3, 6-7(1), 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 win over Gilles Simon in the third round of the Australian Open on Sunday afternoon.
Four-time former champion and third seed Roger Federer will play sixth seed Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open quarter-finals. Federer has a 15-6 FedEx ATP Head2Head series lead against the Czech, who earlier on Sunday defeated No. 24 seed Roberto Bautista Agut.
Isner — all six feet, 10 inches of him — has long been known for his imposing on-court presence, his booming serve making him one of the hardest to break on the ATP World Tour. As Roger Federer once noted, “John can hold easy, that we know.”
Roger Federer climbed into rarefied territory on a rainy Friday at the Australian Open. With a 6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 third-round win over 27th seed Grigor Dimitrov in Rod Laver Arena, the No. 3 seed clinched the 300th Grand Slam match win of his storied career...
