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Thursday 10 September

South Africa, during a quarter- Who’s
final match at the U.S. Open No.1?
tennis tournament, Wednes-
day, Sept. 9, 2015, in New Spieth is world No. 1, but only for a week
York.
Associated Press Jordan Spieth hits his tee shot on
the 17th hole during the first round
Federer, of the Deutsche Bank Champion-
Wawrinka ship golf tournament in Norton,
set up all-Swiss Mass., Friday, Sept. 4, 2015.
semifinal at
U.S. Open Associated Press
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HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Tennis Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Roger
Federer is back in the semi-
finals of the U.S. Open for
the 10th time. To get back
to his first final at Flushing
Meadows in six years, he’ll
have to beat someone
he knows quite well: Swiss
Olympic and Davis Cup
teammate Stan Wawrinka.
The No. 2-seeded Federer
and No. 5 Wawrinka both
won quarterfinals about as
handily as can be Wednes-
day night.
Federer never faced a
break point, compiled a re-
markable 50-8 advantage
in winners, and needed
less than 1 1/2 hours to dis-
miss 12th-seeded Richard
Gasquet of France 6-3, 6-3,
6-1 in Arthur Ashe Stadium.
“No doubt about it:

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