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Posted: Wednesday, 01 July 2009 11:58AM
Federer Reaches 21st Straight Grand Slam Semi
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WIMBLEDON, England- Five-time champion Roger Federer won his quarterfinal match at Wimbledon on Wednesday, as the amazing Swiss 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) on another sunny day at the All England Club.
Federer broke the massive serving Karlovic 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 improved to 9-1 lifetime against Karlovic.
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 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 could regain the No. 1 ranking with a title this week.
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Article Copyright World Entertainment News Network 2009 http://www.wenn.com/
Photo(s) Copyright Getty Images 2009.
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