According to YouWager experts, a dominating victory by Roger Federer in his 1,000th career match and a more challenging workout for Rafael Nadal set up an uncommon Grand Slam marquee semifinal between the former top-ranked players.

Four-time Australian Open champion Federer made it to his ninth straight semifinal at Melbourne Park with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-2 quarterfinal win Tuesday over Juan Martin del Potro, the man who beat him for the U.S. Open title in 2009.

The 30 year-olds 1,000th match was similar to most in his career no-nonsense, dominating from the start, and with some outstanding shots.

In an often tempestuous night match at Rod Laver Arena, Nadal made his way with a difficult 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3 win over Tomas Berdych.

As online sports wagering fans know, Federer and Nadal they were ranked 1-2 for many years have been on opposite halves of the draw since the 2005 French Open. That was the last time the pair met in a Grand Slam semifinal, won that year by Nadal in four sets.

The Majorca native Nadal saved four set points in the first set, including one on an amazing cross-court passing shot on the 29th point of a rally. But Berdych held firm to win the ensuing tiebreaker.

During the tiebreaker, a Berdych shot landed out, and the 25 year-old Spaniard returned it, then challenged the call. Chair umpire Carlos Bernardes wouldnt allow the challenge because Nadal hadnt immediately stopped play, but he did respondby saying he didnt challenge immediately because he thought the linesman had called it out.

The quarterfinals on the other side of the mens draw are to take place tomorrow Andy Murray plays Kei Nishikori of Japan, and top-seeded Novak Djokovic takes on David Ferrer.

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