Federer breezes past Blake to set up clash with Djokovic
Champion Roger Federer took his place in the Australian Open semi-finals after fending off the challenge of American James Blake 7-5 7-6 6-4 today.
The Swiss top seed never needed to hit top gear but was still too strong for the 12th seed as he ran out a convincing winner to reach his 15th grand slam semi-final in a row.
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Fed delight: Roger Federer (left) won through to the semi-finals by beating American James Blake
After an early exchange of breaks, Federer broke again in the 12th game to take the first set and took the second set on the tiebreak 7-5.
Blake hit back from 5-2 down in the third set to get back to 5-4, but the world number one held firm to line up a clash with third seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia and stay on course for his third successive Australian Open title.
