Roger Federer got to his 21^st consecutive semifinal on a major tournament by defeating Croatian Ivo Karlovic in straight sets 6-3, 7-5, 7-6 (3). Even though the Croatian is known by his powerful serve, Federer was able to break it once in both the first and the second set and took advantage of the unforced errors that he made to win the third set’s tiebreak.

Federer said that it was not easy to read the type of serve that Karlovic has and that he was feeling very happy of breaking his serve twice. On the other hand, the Croatian was not able to break Federer’s serve and stated that Federer returned some few shots in an incredible way that was very difficult to react on.

Federer had won five consecutive Wimbledon titles before last year, when he lost it against Nadal; if he wins Wimbledon this year he will complete 15 major titles and can possibly regain the No.1 spot in the World ranking that Nadal currently has. He will have to face German Tommy Haas in the semifinals who is currently having a great streak at Wimbledon this year, he defeated Serbian Novak Djokovic 7-5, 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-3, advancing to his first Wimbledon semifinal.

The match who was considered the most competitive in the day was the one between Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick, on which Roddick claimed the victory after a match that lasted almost four hours, finishing 6-3, 6-7 (10), 7-6 (1), 4-6, 6-4. Hewitt struggled very hard in the fourth set after coming down two sets to one, and won it 6-4. However, the last set was won by Andy Roddick, who broke Hewitt’s serve in the 9^th game and then served for the match, after making 43 aces. Hewitt finished with 21 aces but it was not enough to keep up with Roddick.

"You know you're going to get aced a lot," Hewitt said. "I knew that going into the match. You're going to get some break points and you're going to see them go pretty quickly as well. It was a matter of trying to hang in there as much as possible and makes him play that extra shot. I was nearly able to do it.

Moreover, the hopes of the British are still alive and set on Andy Murray, who is the first Briton to get to the Wimbledon semifinals since 2002. Murray, who defeated Juan Carlos Ferrero, was very solid on the entire match; he dominated the game completely and finished with 18 aces, 49 of his shots were winners and had five service breaks. The match ended 7-5, 6-3, 6-2 and lasted less than two hours.

Murray will now have to face Roddick, and he expressed after his quarterfinals match that he is very confident since he has been winning many matches on grass surface and that every match that goes by makes him stronger. 

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