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Federer, Hewitt hunt for Wimbledon title
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-07-01 09:37

Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt were the only two former Wimbledon champions in the men's singles draw for this year's tournament.

Just one of them will get a chance to win another.

The world's top two players, who have combined to win the last three titles at the All England Club, meet in the semi-finals on Friday.

Andy Roddick faces Thomas Johansson in the other semi-final.

Two-time defending champion Federer has won 34 straight matches on grass and has beaten 2002 winner Hewitt seven straight times to improve to 9-7 against the Australian.

"We've played on so many occasions now that I think we know each other's game so well," said Federer, who beat Hewitt earlier this year at Indian Wells, California. "I'm really looking forward (to this match) because this time he's fit, not like in Indian Wells."

Hewitt, who is ranked second but seeded third, has missed much of this year's tour because of injury. He had foot surgery this spring, then missed the French Open after cracking two ribs when he fell down stairs at his home in Sydney.

In his return, Hewitt reached the quarterfinal at Queen's. Federer, meanwhile, won his third straight title at Halle, Germany.

"He's really taken his game to another level in the last couple of years," Hewitt said. "He's got to be confident against anyone."

And Federer, who is trying to join Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras as the only men in the past 70 years to win three straight Wimbledons, should be confident.

Besides his grass-court winning streak, the second longest in the Open era, the top-ranked Swiss is 56-3 this year and the only player to reach the semifinals at all three Grand Slam events.

"He's nearly been unbeatable in certain matches," Hewitt added. "You still got to go out there and try and make him not play his best tennis.

"He doesn't have a lot of big weaknesses out there, but you've got to try and pin something down."

The last time Hewitt beat Federer was in the semifinals of the Davis Cup in 2003, rallying from two sets down.

"That match in a way gave me a lot of confidence because he beat me on many, many occasions before that," Federer said. "I really had the feeling I could dominate almost for three entire sets against him."

Both have done pretty well at this year's Wimbledon. Federer has dropped just one set in his five matches, while Hewitt has lost two.

Still, Hewitt thinks it's odd that the top two players in the world rankings are meeting in the semifinals instead of the final.

"It's a bit strange," said Hewitt, who was seeded third behind Federer and 2004 finalist Roddick. "I would definitely like it to have been the final ... but for me it would be like playing a final.

"If you knock the best player off out there, then you've got to be pretty confident going into the final Sunday."

Instead, it will be either Roddick or Johansson that will get the chance to win their first Wimbledon title.

The American has reached the semifinals three years in a row.

"You know what to expect if you've done it before," said Roddick, who needed five sets to beat training partner Sebastien Grosjean in the quarterfinals. "I feel like now more than ever I really needed a result like this ... and I'd love to go further."

Roddick won the 2003 US Open and Johansson took the 2002 Australian Open title.

"It's always tough to play really well in a Grand Slam because you have to be so solid for two weeks," Johansson said. "In Australia three years ago, I was playing my best tennis of my life.

"I think for the moment, I'm playing as good as I can."

It's been good enough to beat 2002 Wimbledon finalist David Nalbandian in the quarterfinals in straight sets. The Swede, the first to reach the Wimbledon semifinals since two-time champion Stefan Edberg in 1993, has only dropped one set so far.

Roddick has lost four - two to Grosjean and two to Daniele Bracciali in the second round - and if he gets past Johansson, he may get a championship rematch against Federer.

"He's probably the most talented person to ever carry a racket around," Roddick said of the Swiss.



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