Federer downs Blake to reach semifinals
Published 1/23/2008 at FOXSports.com News for TENNIS
Top-ranked Roger Federer overcome a pesky challenge from No. 12 James Blake 7-5, 7-6 (5), 6-4 Wednesday to reach the Australian Open semifinals.
The victory kept alive Federer's drive to win here for the third consecutive year and pull within one of Pete Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam titles.
"It's great to be on top of the game for so long and be compared to the greats like Rod Laver and Sampras," Federer said.
He next faces No. 3 Novak Djokovic, who beat No.
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