Sacred Roger. At 38 and from the top of his immense track record, Federer still manages to find things he had never done. On Tuesday, he qualified for the semifinals of the Australian Open after saving seven match points against the American Tennys Sandgren (6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6 [10 -8], 6-3). Coming back from this far had never happened to him, but we have to believe that nothing will be easy for him in this 2020 edition of the Australian Grand Slam.
. @ miraculous rogerfederer ..
➡️ 3rd round: vs Millman
▪️ Led 8/4 in the super tie-break.
▪️ Victory 10/8
➡️1 / 8: vs Fucsovics
▪️ Led a set to zero (6/4)
▪️ Victory of the following 3 sets 6/1 6/2 6/2
➡️1 / 4: vs Sandgren
▪️ 7 match balls in the 4th set
▪️ Victory # AusOpen pic.twitter.com/jX549gg5fo
Asked on the court just after the game, Federer barely seemed to believe what had just happened to him. "I was very lucky," he said. I wasn’t in control all the time over certain match balls, I just hoped he won’t make a huge winning move that I couldn’t do anything about. Then the pressure took off and I was able to detach myself in the 5th set. I'm still standing ! I am happy to be still here, I will enjoy it. "
"I think I got incredibly lucky."
Luck or not, here's how @rogerfederer assessed his performance to advance to the # AO2020 semifinals. # AusOpen pic.twitter.com/MK8UDBxT9o
The Swiss, physically diminished after the two marathons he inflicted on himself, will have to recover. He will face Novak Djokovic or Milos Raonic for a place in the final.
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