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Federer Beats Berdych For 14th Australian Open Semi-final

Roger Federer continued his pursuit of a 20th Grand Slam championship crown on Wednesday night when he booked his place in the Australian Open semi-finals. The Swiss superstar, bidding to retain his crown and lift a sixth trophy at Melbourne Park, fought back from Tomas Berdych’s promising start to record a 7-6(1), 6-3, 6-4 victory on Rod Laver Arena. Berdych, the No. 19 seed, took a 3-0 lead and missed out on two set point opportunities at 5-3 and 6-5 in the first set, only for Federer to apply the pressure and regain control of the pair’s 26th FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting (Federer now leads 20-6). "I hung around, got a bit lucky, a bit angry, a frustrated, maybe at...

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From Milan To Melbourne, Chung Keeps Surging

The tournaments change, the courts differ but seemingly everywhere Hyeon Chung plays these days, the South Korean always brings his “pokerface”. Read More: Chung Keeps His 'Pokerface' in Milan Two months after winning the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Chung secured yet another career breakthrough on Wednesday at the Australian Open. The unseeded 21-year-old dismissed Tennys Sandgren of the U.S. 6-4, 7-6(5), 6-3 to extend his greatest run at a Grand Slam, becoming the lowest-ranked man to make the Australian Open semi-finals since No. 86 Marat Safin in 2004. Chung is also the first South Korean, man or woman, to play in a Grand Slam semi-final, and he had his country on his mind during the match's final...

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Watch Highlights: Edmund Powers Into Maiden Slam Semi-Final

Watch highlights as Kyle Edmund reaches his maiden major semi-final with a tremendous performance against 2017 Nitto ATP Finals champion Grigor Dimitrov, the third seed. Watch more video and live matches at www.ausopen.com. Highlights not available in Aus., NZ or Canada and only available in Europe and USA 24 hours after completion of the match. Photo Credit: Peter Staples/ATP World Tour

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Federer, Berdych Set To Clash For 26th Time Down Under

Four and a half years without a Grand Slam title is a long time to wait for a legend of the sport. But that is exactly the position the-then 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer found himself in entering the 2017 Australian Open after six months on the sidelines due to a knee injury. One year later, and Federer is just three matches away from a staggering 20th major title. Federer is the only remaining player in the draw with a Top 5 spot in the ATP Rankings, but he confronts a familiar foe Wednesday in former World No. 4 Tomas Berdych. View FedEx ATP Head2Head for the following quarter-finals match-ups at the Australian Open & vote for the players you think will win!  Federer...

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