Federer serves to beat Soderling in straight sets

Federer serves to beat Soderling in straight sets

When Robin Soderling upset Roger Federer at Roland Garros in June, he stopped the Swiss' streak of 23 straight Grand Slam semifinals.

On Wednesday, Federer started back at one by avenging that loss, serving spectacularly to defeat the Swede, 6-4, 6-4, 7-5.

"I just feel happy that I played a good match under tough circumstances against a player who's really hard to beat these days, especially on the hard courts," said Federer. "It really favors his game, and he's had a wonderful run the last couple of years. For me, this is obviously a big victory."

"The wind doesn't affect my concentration when I go up to serve," said Federer. "I think I'm also very good at hitting a good serve even when the ball toss is not in the right location. I can still serve to all the different corners with either kick, slice or flat."

"I always expect Roger to play well and serve well," said Soderling. "He was brushing the lines a lot of times with his first serve, which is not easy when the weather is like this."

"The serve was the biggest key today," said Federer, "because obviously he's very famous for serving extremely accurate, extremely hard, over a long period of time. That's what makes him so hard to beat really.

"That wasn't the case today. He struggled to get the pace, the accuracy going, until midway through the third set when I think he started to hit it a bit better. Then it was almost too late, really."

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Wozniacki beat Cibulkova to reach semis

Wozniacki beat Cibulkova to reach semis

A lot is on the line for Caroline Wozniacki at the 2010 US Open. A title in Flushing would allow her to overtake Serena Williams as the No. 1 player in the world. As the Olympus US Open Series champion, the Dane's first Grand Slam title would also earn her the largest paycheck in tennis history - a hefty $2.7 million.

"It felt like playing in a hurricane," said Wozniacki. "But it was the same for both players and I was happy to get through."

"She's playing aggressively so it's going to be a really tough match," said Wozniacki. "She made it to the finals of Wimbledon and now she's in the semifinals, so she's a great player. I'm going to go out there and do my best."

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Clijsters beats Samantha Stosur booked a spot to semis

Clijsters beats Samantha Stosur booked a spot to semis

Kim Clijsters marched into championship weekend where she booked a spot opposite Venus Williams in Friday's semifinal with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 victory over Australian Samantha Stosur. It marked the fourth consecutive time Clijsters has played the US Open that she has reached the final weekend. She reached the final in 2003 and won in 2005 and again in 2009.

"She doesn't give you a lot of rhythm and she doesn't give you the usual kind of shots that you kind of expect," Clijsters said of Stosur. "You just have to deal with the things you get given that day and try to make the best of it."

"It was definitely tough conditions, windiest conditions I've played in all week," Stosur said. "Probably the worst I've served all week as well. Put those two things together and you don't hold serve for the third set and you lose."

On her quarterfinal exit Stosur added, "Look, I'm happy to make it to the quarters, by far my best result here. I'm gonna be disappointed about this one. You can't break serve and have chance after chance after chance and blow it in a quarterfinal."

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