Roger Federer overcame two rain delays to beat Marton Fucsovics 7-6(6) 6-4 on Thursday and reach the semi-finals of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. After a brief interruption when the players were locked at 5-5 in the opening set, Federer saved two set points in the tiebreak and held firm to gain the upper hand in the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The drizzle returned at 4-4 in the second set but Federer switched gears after the restart, sealing a decisive break to go ahead 5-4 and closed out the match in an hour and 56 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 20-times Grand Slam winner, who is seeking his 100th ATP title, next takes on the winner of the quarter-final between sixth seed Borna Coric and Georgia\u2019s Nikoloz Basilashvili. Gael Monfils continued his fine recent form by rallying past Lithuanian qualifier Ricardas Berankis 6-1 6-7(3) 6-2, with the victory set to catapult him back into the top 20 on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Frenchman, who won his first title of the year in Rotterdam earlier this month, takes on Australian Open semi-finalist Stefanos Tsitsipas in the last-four. Tsitsipas, 20, survived a mid-match wobble to get past Polish qualifier Hubert Hurkacz 7-6(4) 6-7(1) 6-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re both serving really well. We have similar game style. I\u2019m a bit more aggressive than him, but he\u2019s much faster,\u201d Tsitsipas said of Monfils.The pair have a 1-1 head-to-head record with world number 23 Monfils winning their most recent meeting in Sofia this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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