defeating the second ranked rafael little to reach the semi's after overcoming a few early nerves fish selden to his groove against the spaniard the american taking the first set six three to establish the tone for the march the twenty nine year winning a superb seventy percent of his service points the dial on the other hand out of sync all evening long with the number seven fish taking encounter six three six for last year's runner up and moves into the last four where he faces await winner on the marie. i discover the self getting the better of. seeing off the frenchmen in straight sets cruising home six three six three and world number four has not been seen one in seven of the eight meet. roger federer's hope of claiming a third street since not a title is over but the world number three halted in the quarter finals by thomas burdick the czech taking the opening set six two before also finding a way to silence the swiss maestro in the second six to seven six how it ended up burdock has not beaten federer in three of their past four meetings world number one novak djokovic up next in the