Roger Federer moved to within two wins of a 100th career title on Thursday after coming through a tough test in difficult conditions against Marton Fucsovics to reach the Dubai Championships semi-finals.
The seven-time champion beat his Hungarian opponent 7-6 , 6-4 in conditions which were far from comfortable with gusting winds and brief rain delays.
“The energy of the body, the adrenaline, tactics, all that stuff kind of fades away just a little bit in those rain delays. Earlier on Thursday, fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas reached the last four as he defeated Hubert Hurkacz 7-6 , 6-7 , 6-1 and set up a meeting with Gael Monfils. “I was serving a bit better, maybe opening the court, making like less mistakes, being aggressive. When I broke him first time, I showed him that I’m still in the match.”Unseeded Monfils, 32, revealed that he needed to get angry with himself to get over the line after missing chances to close out a straight-sets victory when a set up and leading the second 5-4.
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