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Federer 1-2 Davydenko*
Couple of sloppy shots from Feds and it goes 30-30. Then hold on - his second double fault in the game and Davy has a sniff. And again! A half-volley forehand dips wildly and it's the first break. Makes life interesting. But I'm not just going to talk like Davydenko is some second rate tennis player. Nadal may not have been fully fit but Davydenko was sensational to beat him a few days ago. Do not write this boy off.
* denotes next to serve
Couple of sloppy shots from Feds and it goes 30-30. Then hold on - his second double fault in the game and Davy has a sniff. And again! A half-volley forehand dips wildly and it's the first break. Makes life interesting. But I'm not just going to talk like Davydenko is some second rate tennis player. Nadal may not have been fully fit but Davydenko was sensational to beat him a few days ago. Do not write this boy off.
* denotes next to serve
Federer* 1-1 Davydenko
Davy looking a little unsettled. There's 17,000 people glaring down - that's 34,000 eyes. Can't be easy. Plus his legs may be a little wobbly after coming through against Robin Soderling yesterday. Shaky stuff though and his serve will have to improve. Federer's backhand already looks fully primed but then what does he do? He plonks a forehand and then a backhand in the net to take it to deuce. So much for my early superlatives. Another Feds net shot with Davy looking a little more sprightly on his feet. And then game over. All square. Nice.
* denotes next to serve
Davy looking a little unsettled. There's 17,000 people glaring down - that's 34,000 eyes. Can't be easy. Plus his legs may be a little wobbly after coming through against Robin Soderling yesterday. Shaky stuff though and his serve will have to improve. Federer's backhand already looks fully primed but then what does he do? He plonks a forehand and then a backhand in the net to take it to deuce. So much for my early superlatives. Another Feds net shot with Davy looking a little more sprightly on his feet. And then game over. All square. Nice.
* denotes next to serve
Federer 1-0* Davydenko
Feds looks stunning in the first point. No, not his navy blue shirt - he pushes Davy to both sides of the court and cracks an easy one past the Russian's backhand. And it's a double boom with two aces and it's first blood to Feds.
* denotes next to serve
Feds looks stunning in the first point. No, not his navy blue shirt - he pushes Davy to both sides of the court and cracks an easy one past the Russian's backhand. And it's a double boom with two aces and it's first blood to Feds.
* denotes next to serve
1429: Remember in this beautiful crazy multi-media world, there's live video on the web, it's on BBC Two and if you want some words and a little drizzle of interaction then let's get involved here. Feeling good? Got your tennis head? Let's go peeps....they're just warming up and we are 39 seconds way from the start.....
1427: Tim Henman on BBC Two describes Federer as "the artist" while he says Davydenko is a "real fighter".
1424: Federer and Davydenko stroll onto the court. The Russian looks a little nervy - probably a little concerned with the 0-12 head-to-head record he has with the Swiss man.
1420: And of course, I want all your thoughts, all your madness, all your chat about Andy Murray, predictions, any tips for a man with a new shed and tools to go in it. Any challenges I could chuck BBC Sport's Piers Newbery's way. He's down at the O2 so check out his Twitter updates. But today's all about you. How do you get your thoughts in I hear you cry? Text 81111,
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1417: After eight of the 12 round robin clashes have gone to three sets, we're down to the last four players. It's semi-final time. And hey - I've come up with an innovative way of deciding who goes through today without causing too many headaches or forcing the calculators to come out to play. Winner goes through today folks. That's right. The first to two sets. First up today is the mighty Rodge - Roger Federer and he faces Nikolay Davydenko. Should be a cracker. Any predictions? I reckon another three-setter. If I was a betting man I'd go for Davydenko as a useful outside bet. What do you think?
1412: Welcome everybody. Returned from a 24 hour epic house move. My hands are burning, my legs are aching but my heart is screaming "tennis tennis tennis". No Andy Murray I know. We can't do everything for you.
BBC Sport's Piers Newbery Tweeting from the O2 Arena:
"Half jubilee line going to upton park, half to O2. Split loyalties but I'm all about roger & co today. Anyway sure zola has it all in hand"
1405: Hello everyone. Welcome to semi-finals day.
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