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With Sandgren using his outstanding speed to make Federer play one more ball, the 28-year-old tracked down a deep forehand on break point at 1-0 and floated up a high lob, drawing a smash error from Federer to grab his first break of the day.įederer struggled to find the range on his shots, hitting 15 unforced errors throughout the second set. The Swiss has been prone to streaks of unforced errors this fortnight and endured another spell of them early in the second set. He maintained his slight advantage and cracked a first serve on set point to take the early lead. But Federer kept knocking on the door and it opened at 3-2, with the six-time champion securing a break after Sandgren sent a backhand long. Sandgren erased a pair of break points in his first service game, then fought back from 0/40 two games later. Quarter-final Preview: Djokovic & Raonic Ready For Serving Duelįederer applied pressure from the first ball in the opening set. With these lucky escapes, you might play without expectations because you know you should be skiing in Switzerland… Might as well make the most of it!" But I’ve got the next days with nothing to do… You do feel better and you just never know. “Novak, he’s a champion, especially here in Australia. It’s nice for him to remind everybody that he does belong up in the Rankings. ”It’s nice to see Milos back and playing well. Federer trails Djokovic 23-26 in their rivalry and has lost their past three matches in Melbourne, all of which took place in the semi-finals (2008, 2011, 2016). 32 seed Milos Raonic of Canada in straight sets. Next up for him is second-seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic, who beat No. has won his last 6 five-set matches QF - d. The Swiss has also won his past six five-set matches in Melbourne, completing another great escape last week by rallying from 4/8 in the fifth-set tie-break of his third-round clash with John Millman. Read More: Federer's 100: Ten Memorable Match Wins In Melbourneįederer remains unbeaten (15-0) in quarter-finals at this event. I’m still standing here and obviously just very happy.” There could be rain… Just let him finish me off in style, and he didn’t do that. ”As the match went on, I started to feel better and just tried to play. “I was just hoping that maybe he wasn’t going to smash a winner, if he misses one or two, who knows what’s going to happen? I think I got incredibly lucky today. ”You’ve got to get lucky sometimes,” Federer said with a smile in his on-court interview. The third seed erased seven match points to complete a stunning 6-3, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-3 win over Tennys Sandgren in an instant classic. After 22 years on Tour, Roger Federer delivered the greatest Houdini act of his career to reach the Australian Open semi-finals on Tuesday.