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.

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