Despite my doubts, Roger Federer has come through to the semi-final of the Australian Open with minimum fuss. Early today, UK time, the best Swiss player brushed aside the challenge of the second best Swiss in quick time and in such a manner as to suggest there may be life in the old dog yet. Federer's progress in this tournament has been a little 'hit and miss' but perhaps the measure of the man is that even when he's well below his best he's still too good for most of the others.
Talking of 'the others', Federer's opponent in the semi-final will be Novak Djokovic who's just completed a straight sets demolition of Tomas Berdych. When the end came, Berdych had nothing left with which to counter the aggression of Djokovic and the Serb simply steam-rollered his way through the last few games. We can now look forward to a semi-final clash between Djokovic and Federer, which my heart says Roger will win but my head has to go with Djoko.
At the top of the draw, Andy Murray meets Alexsandr Dolgopolov at an ungodly hour of the morning, for UK enthusiasts that is, while Rafa will meet David Ferrer at around 8:30 tomorrow morning. It still looks like Andy versus Rafa for the semi and, maybe, Andy for the final. It's heart versus head all the way.
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