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Home > Sports > Tennis > Reuters > Report

Federer in last four at Estoril

April 18, 2008 22:08 IST

World number one Roger Federer [Images] shrugged off the rain and the challenge of unseeded Portuguese player Frederico Gil 6-4, 6-1 to reach the semi-finals of the Estoril Open clay court tournament on Friday.

Federer in QF

The 26-year-old Swiss, whose match was interrupted twice due to heavy rain, will next meet the winner of a match between unseeded players Denis Gremelmayr of Germany [Images] and Czech Jiri Vanek.

World number four Nikolay Davydenko of Russia [Images], winner in Estoril in 2003, will meet number seven seed Marc Gicquel of France [Images] in the last eight later on Friday.

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