Five-time champion Roger Federer demolished Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Thursday to reach the US Open semifinals and gain revenge for his landmark Wimbledon loss to the Frenchman. Third seed Federer will tackle top seed and world number one Novak Djokovic for a place in the final after overcoming a 90-minute rain interruption and curtailing the powerful but wayward shot-making of Tsonga. It will be the fourth successive US Open semifinal meeting between Federer and Djokovic and first since the Swiss ended the Serb's 43-match winning run at the French Open in June.
Roger Federer provided a tennis clinic both during and after his win over Dudi Sela at the U.S. Open on Thursday. Prompted in the on-court interview after his 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory over the Israeli to give all the tennis players in the stands a few quick pointers about how to dial in their serve, Federer offered this advice. Five-time champion Federer won 52 of 60 points on his serve and didn’t face a break point while beating 93rd-ranked Sela of Israel in the second round at Flushing Meadows. It was Federer’s 225th career victory in a Grand Slam match, giving him sole possession of second place on the Open era list behind Jimmy Connors’ 233.
