Thursday, January 27th, 2011 at 9:02 am , filed under Tennis News by Alan Kyle
Roger Federer clashes with Novak Djokovic in the semi finals of the Australian open. The live kick off between Roger Federer vs Novak Djokovic will begin at 7:30 PM on 27 January, 2011 in the Quarter Finals of the Australian open at Rod Laver Arena.
Score: SET – 1
N.Djokovic SRB (3)- 7
R.Federer SUI (2)- 6
It’s now time for the big guns to fight for the final two players of Australian open. The top seeded, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic are the favorite players to win the title. However, now it’s time for the top two seeded players to fight for the battle in order to enter into the final.
The defending champion, Roger Federer will now face Novak Djokovic, the 2008 Australian open champion. The heads up between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have played 19 matches against each other, where Federer has the upper hand by winning 13 matches and Djokovic has won 6 matches.
In their previous encounter, Djokovic, the Serbian player and the world No.3 defeated the world No.2 ranked player, Federer in the semi-finals of the Australian Open, 2008.
Federer, aiming to become the first man to win five Australian titles, was playing in his record-tying 27th successive Grand Slam quarterfinal. He is into his eighth uninterrupted semifinal at Melbourne Park.
The world no.2 player, Federer has an easy victory in his quarter finals match against Stanislas Wawrinka by 6-1 6-3 6-3 and the World No.3, Djokovic has an easy victory over Tomas Berdych by 6-1 7-6 6-1 in the quarter-final match.
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