Roger Federer did not drop his serve on his way to an easy 6-2, 6-2 win over Lukas Rosol in their quarter-final match in Dubai on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Marwan Naamani / AFP
Roger Federer did not drop his serve on his way to an easy 6-2, 6-2 win over Lukas Rosol in their quarter-final match in Dubai on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Marwan Naamani / AFP
Roger Federer did not drop his serve on his way to an easy 6-2, 6-2 win over Lukas Rosol in their quarter-final match in Dubai on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Marwan Naamani / AFP
Roger Federer did not drop his serve on his way to an easy 6-2, 6-2 win over Lukas Rosol in their quarter-final match in Dubai on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Marwan Naamani / AFP

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Five-time Dubai winner Federer rushes into semi-final appointment with Djokovic

The Swiss will now meet Novak Djokovic in the more relishing of the two semi-finals at the Aviation College

Ahmed Rizvi

February 27, 2014

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DUBAI // Roger Federer will meet Novak Djokovic in the semi-final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships after dismissing Lucas Rosol in the quarterfinal.

The Swiss ace, winner of five Dubai titles, needed only 58 minutes to brush aside the Czech 6-2, 6-2, winning 12 of the last 14 games.

Djokovic had earlier made his way into the last four without hitting a ball when his Russian opponent Mikhail Youzhny withdrew because of illness.

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