On the semi final of Wimbledon tennis 2009, Roger Federer is gonna face Tommy Haas
Both Federer and Haas, however, are experts at keeping the points short, and high-octane tennis should definitely be the order of the day.
This is the Swiss world No.2’s 21st consecutive Grand Slam semi-final – a record that is so amazing it bears repeating until it actually sinks in. Federer has avoided injury, pit-falls, banana skins and temporary blips to make the final four at every major since Wimbledon 2004. Seeing him on the second Friday at SW19 is like the sun rising in the morning – you just know it will happen. For Haas, however, this is an Indian summer of epic proportions.
The photogenic German has been a nearly man throughout the decade. He has spent year on year in and around the top 10, rising as high as No.2 in the world in 2002 after making the semi-final of the Australian Open then having a good run on clay where he reached the quarters in Monte Carlo, the final in Rome and the second week of the French.
But that was as good as it got. This is Haas’ fourth Grand Slam semi-final, but he lost the previous three (all in Melbourne) and Rome has been his only appearance in an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final.
He suffered a shoulder injury in 2007 and missed time at both the start and the end of the 2008 season as the niggles persisted. This year, however, he has come back fitter and more determined than ever. Rafael Nadal halted his progress at the Australian Open and Federer at the French in a match where Haas led two sets to love and had a break point at 3-4, 30-40 on the Swiss’ serve.
Had he taken that, then who knows what would have happened in a tournament that had seen Nadal lose to Robin Soderling the day before.
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