Fedex steams ahead
Jan. 25: Roger Federer put impeccable championship form on display as Tuesday’s highly touted all-Swiss Australian Open quarterfinal evolved into just another winning walkabout for the world number two in a 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 drilling of Stanislas Wawrinka. Women’s top seed Caroline Wozniacki kept a tenuous grip on her number one ranking as she preyed on the tiring legs of 30-year-old French Open winner Francesca Schiavone for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 trip to the semiinals.
Italy’s battling veteran Schiavone had played for almost five hours in a marathon weekend win and ran out of puff after leading a set and 3-1. Wozniacki survived in the quest for her first Grand Slam title to back up the top ranking she earned in 2010. In the other quarterfinal, ninth seed Li Na of China ended Andrea Petkovic’s run at 6-2, 6-4.
Federer will play in his eighth-straight Australian Open semifinal, facing Novak Djokovic, who put out Tomas Berdych, 6-1, 7-6 (5), 6-1. The 2008 champion won 12 of the last 15 games on the way to victory.
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