Flushing Meadows, NY (Sports Network) - The men's semifinals will be staged Saturday at the U.S. Open, where top-seeded and three-time defending champion Roger Federer will take on fourth-seeded Russian Nikolay Davydenko and third- seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic will tangle with 15th-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer. Three of the top-four seeds are still standing at this hardcourt fortnight.
The world No. 1 Federer is a seemingly unstoppable 9-0 lifetime against Davydenko, including a victory in this year's French Open semis. The super Swiss also topped the gritty Russian in last year's U.S. Open semifinals and is 3-0 versus Davydenko in Grand Slam action.
The 26-year-old Federer has already reached a record nine straight Grand Slam finals, going 7-2, and owns 11 major titles, including the last two Aussie Opens and the last five Wimbledon championships. His two major finals losses came at the hands of Rafael Nadal at the French Open over the last two seasons.
Federer is 26-0 at the U.S. Open since reaching the top of the ATP rankings in 2004.
The 26-year-old Davydenko will compete in his fourth major semi, and has yet to win one (0-3).
The 20-year-old Djokovic and 25-year-old Ferrer will square off in the other final four bout at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Djokovic, who will perform in his third straight Grand Slam semi this year, is 1-2 lifetime against Ferrer, including a 1-1 split this season. Djokovic won their lone meeting on a hardcourt at Indian Wells earlier this year.
The 25-year-old Ferrer, who stunned the second-seeded and reigning three-time French Open champion Nadal here on Tuesday night, will appear in his first-ever Grand Slam semifinal.
Djokovic is the only remaining player here to have ever beaten the amazing Federer, which he did at a Masters Series finale in Montreal last month.
Saturday's winners will square off in Sunday's lucrative final, with the champion taking home at least $1.4 million and a new Lexus automobile.
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