Roger Federer had another smooth win this time over world nr. 43, the Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky by 6-3 6-4.
“I try not to waste any energy. Most important thing is to come through. Doesn’t matter if it’s three times 7-6 in a row to get to the semi. At the end of the day, you want to give yourself chances to win the trophy, and that’s what I’m doing. I think I didn’t have any let’s say completely easy matches here. I’ve always had to be very focused.”
In the semi-finals the Swiss will face Richard Gasquet that had a 3rd set victory over Gilles Simon (5-7, 6-2, 6-4)
On the other side Novak Djokovic had a more difficult task against Florian Mayer (7-5 6-1). He will face Tomas Berdych in the semi-finals.