7 match points fended off: Federer in the semifinals

The Grand Slam record winner defeated Tennys Sandgren from the USA, only number 100 in the world rankings, 6:3, 2:6, 2:6, 7:6 (10:8), 6:3. “I should already be skiing in Switzerland,” said Federer after the match and assured: “I don’t deserve this. But sometimes you have to be lucky.” The Swiss, who has been seriously injured, will now face defending champion and record winner Novak Djokovic (Serbia) or Milos Raonic (Canada).

After 3:31 hours, Federer used his first match point. Previously, the courageous and undaunted Sandgren, who had temporarily dominated the dull-looking 38-year-old maestro, had given away three match points in the fourth set at 5:4 and at 6:3 in the tiebreak. Federer fended off a match point brilliantly. The preliminary decision in favor of the Australian Open champion from 3, 2010 and 2017 came in the sixth game of the fifth set when he took the serve from Sandgren.

“I should be skiing in Switzerland.” Roger Federer After winning the first set confidently, Federer played without rhythm and unexpectedly made mistakes. In the third set he even received a warning for swearing; previously, the number 3 in the world rankings had hit a backhand into the net on a break ball. He then lost the game and took a break for treatment.

Before the match, Federer had joked: "I've played a lot of tennis in my life, but never against Tennys." After the first set, he stopped laughing. The three-time Melbourne winner made a surprising number of slight mistakes in sets 2, 3 and 4, while at the same time his courageously playing opponent scored many direct points.

Sandgren's greatest success to date was reaching the quarterfinals of the Australian Open 2018. At that time, however, the 28-year-old American caused an additional stir because messages with right-wing extremist and homophobic ideas were discovered on his Twitter account. At that time he said, among other things, that only Christ “and to him alone I give an account.”

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7 match points fended off: Federer in the semifinals

Roger Federer moved into the semi-finals of the Australian Open after a dramatic match and defending seven match points.

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