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Federer, Murray cruise into Wimbledon semis

Wed 1st, July 2009

Wimbledon, England (Sports Network) - Five-time champion Roger Federer and British hopeful Andy Murray won their quarterfinal matches at Wimbledon on Wednesday. The amazing Federer landed in his 21st straight Grand Slam semifinal.

The second-seeded Federer got past 22nd-seeded 6-foot-10 Croat Ivo Karlovic 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (7-3), while a third-seeded Murray mauled unseeded former world No. 1 Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 on another sunny day at the All England Club. The ever-improving Murray will now appear in his first-ever Wimbledon semifinal.

In the Federer-Karlovic affair, this Swiss broke the massive-serving Croat in each of the first two sets and cruised in the third-set tiebreak. The Swiss set himself up with four match points with a backhand passing shot and converted on his second match point with a forehand winner.

The 27-year-old Federer never faced a break point against Karlovic, who had not lost his serve in his first four matches at this year's fortnight.

Federer moved on in 1 hour, 43 minutes, as he held his serve throughout the match and committed a mere seven unforced errors. Karlovic fired 23 aces en route to his ninth defeat in 10 tries against Federer.

The iconic Federer will perform in a seventh straight Wimbledon semifinal (6-0) and try to reach a seventh consecutive championship match at the lone grass-court major. He lost to Rafael Nadal in last year's incredible final here after beating Nadal in the previous two Wimbledon finals.

Federer, who could regain the No. 1 ranking with a title this week, is 45-1 in his last 46 matches at Wimbledon and 70-1 in his last 71 matches on grass overall.

The former No. 1 Federer is trying to become the men's all-time leader in Grand Slam singles titles, as he's currently tied with American great Pete Sampras at 14. The super Swiss equaled Sampras and became the sixth man in history to complete a career Grand Slam when he titled at the French Open last month.

Federer's semifinal opponent on Friday will be resurgent German Tommy Haas, who ousted fourth-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6, 6-3 on Day 9. Haas lost to Federer in the fourth round at the French Open last month and captured his first-ever grass-court title in Halle in his native Germany three weeks ago.

Haas dismissed the former Aussie Open champion and former U.S. Open runner-up Djokovic in 2 hours, 45 minutes with the help of 18 aces. The German also broke Djokovic's serve three times, compared to two breaks for the Serbian star.

The 24th-seeded former world No. 2 Haas will play in his first-ever Wimbledon semifinal in his 11th trip here.

The 31-year-old Haas is trying to become the first thirty-something winner here since Arthur Ashe captured Wimbledon as a 31-year-old in 1975.

Murray, who lost to Federer in last year's U.S. Open finale, blew past the former French Open champion Ferrero in 1 hour, 41 minutes by firing 18 aces among a whopping 49 winners and breaking Ferrero's serve five times. Ferrero struck 29 fewer winners than Murray and could manage only one break of serve en route to the predictable defeat.

The 22-year-old Murray is trying to become the first Brit to title here since Fred Perry in 1936. He's the highest-seeded Brit here since Roger Taylor back in 1973.

Murray awaits the Andy Roddick-Lleyton Hewitt winner.