Djokovic, Federer to Face Each Other in Dubai Final

DUBAI (Xinhua) -- The world's number one Novak Djokovic won here on Friday the semi-final against the world's number eight Tomas Berdych in three suspense sets, while Roger Federer swept away the Dubai Duty Free Championship's surprise candidate, 18-year-old Boris Coric from Croatia in a short and decisive blitzkrieg-style match.

Date: 28 February 2015 - 21:34

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Federer entered the Dubai open final first by winning 6-2, 6-1 over Coric on early Friday afternoon amid cloudy, but warm weather in Dubai. Coric, nevertheless, gained ample recognition when he kicked out Englishman Andy Murray in the quarter-finals on Thursday, a major surprise of the tournament.
The Swiss Federer, currently ranked second in the men's ATP list, could win his seventh title in Dubai on Saturday.
The "Djoker" won 6-0, 5-7, 6-4 against Czech player Berdych, who was especially weak in his first services throughout the match. The suspense was high during this high-class match and Djoker's trainer, Germany's former superstar Boris Becker, got up several times from his seat on the tribune during the match and gave hints with hand signals.
Both players had a rate of 48 percent unforced errors. "To me, there were two different parts of the match," said Djokovic referring to his strong first set and the neck-on-neck fight during the second set which he lost.
On the upcoming final against 33-year-old Federer, the 27-year- old Serbian superstar said "Roger represents always a big challenge and I look forward to the match on Saturday." If Djoker wins, it would be his fifth title in Dubai.