Dubai Tennis Championships 2014 Roger Federer tennis season



federer defeated djokovic in semifinals of dubai.



after playing in davis cup federer took three-week break , returned competition @ dubai tennis championships. federer won opening match against benjamin becker in opening round ease, , faced radek Štěpánek in second round. after solid first set federer, Štěpánek tied match after winning second-set tiebreak. federer climbed out of three-game deficit in third set, winning 5 straight games seal match. in quarterfinals, federer played first match against lukáš rosol of czech republic. after having serve broken in first game, won next 6 games clinch first set , held serve in second win match in straight sets in under hour. federer faced defending champion novak djokovic in semifinals, , dropped first set djokovic. after rain delay in second set, federer converted breaks in second , third sets against djokovic , won first match against djokovic in 18 months. first time had beaten djokovic after dropping first set. federer played tomáš berdych, had beaten him in semifinals last year. 2 exchanged breaks in first, berdych secured break , won first set. in second set, berdych broke federer again, federer took advantage of errors on berdych s part 2 breaks , level match @ 1 set all. federer claimed crucial break in tighter third set, , held lead win in under 2 hours. federer won record sixth dubai title , won 78th career title, surpassing john mcenroe third-most titles won in open era. win ensured continue streak of winning @ least 1 title per year since 2001.








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