Roger Federer ‘excited’ to take on young gun Chung Hyeon after breezing past Tomas Berdych at Australian Open
The 36-year-old cruises to straight sets victory and remains on track for a 20th grand slam title
Defending champion Roger Federer swept into a record 14th Australian Open semi-final with an immaculate straight sets win over long-time rival Tomas Berdych on Wednesday.
The second seed cruised to a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-4 win in two hours and 14 minutes on Rod Laver Arena and will face unseeded South Korean Chung Hyeon on Friday for a place in the final.
The 19-time grand slam champion, who hasn’t lost in five matches against Berdych in Melbourne, will play in his 43rd grand slam semi-final, a record for the post-1968 open era.
The Swiss legend has yet to face Chung, who has got past six-time champion Novak Djokovic and world No 4 Alexander Zverev to get to the last four.
Federer’s latest victory was his 92nd in 105 matches in Melbourne to make the Australian Open his most successful grand slam in terms of matches won along with Wimbledon.
