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Tuesday, 25 January, 2005, 08:14 GMT

Gamewatch: Federer v Agassi

Result: Federer 6-3 6-4 6-4 Agassi

All the action as top seed Roger Federer defeats Andre Agassi in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open.


Third set:

Federer 6-3 6-4 6-4 Agassi
Federer starts with his 22nd ace and soon has three match points. He wins the match on the second of them in just one hour 39 minutes.

Federer 6-3 6-4 5-4 Agassi
Agassi holds his serve but Federer is now just one game from the semi-finals.

Federer 6-3 6-4 5-3 Agassi
Federer cruises through another love service game.

Federer 6-3 6-4 4-3 Agassi
Agassi holds his serve but Federer is now within sight of victory.

Federer 6-3 6-4 4-3 Agassi
At 40-30 Federer fires down his 20th ace to take the game.

Federer 6-3 6-4 3-2 Agassi
Agassi holds serve but is surely just delaying the inevitable.

Federer 6-3 6-4 3-1 Agassi
Federer races through a love service game and victory looks inevitable for the Swiss star.

Federer 6-3 6-4 2-1 Agassi
Agassi finally comes up with his first ace as he holds his serve to love.

Federer 6-3 6-4 2-0 Agassi
Federer fires down his 19th ace as he holds with ease.

Federer 6-3 6-4 1-0 Agassi
A shocking volley gives Federer three break points and the Swiss is handed the break as Agassi misses with a backhand. It is looking ominous for the veteran American.

Second set:

Federer 6-3 6-4 Agassi
Federer races to three set points and takes a two-set lead when Agassi sends a backhand long after another fine rally.

Federer 6-3 5-4 Agassi
The game goes to deuce but Agassi manages to hold and force Federer to serve for the set.

Federer 6-3 5-3 Agassi
Federer throws in a delightful, feathered stop volley as he holds his serve for the loss of just one point.

Federer 6-3 4-3 Agassi
Agassi finishes off his service game with a whipped backhand cross court from an acute angle.

Federer 6-3 4-2 Agassi
Federer romps through his service game to love.

Federer 6-3 3-2 Agassi
Agassi races through his serve without losing a point.

Federer 6-3 3-1 Agassi
At 0-30 Federer fires down his 12th ace and the game goes to deuce. Agassi earns a break point with a fine return of serve but Federer pounds down a winning serve and then closes out the game.

Federer 6-3 2-1 Agassi
Despite one blistering Federer forehand Agassi holds his serve.

Federer 6-3 2-0 Agassi
Federer holds his serve with ease.

Federer 6-3 1-0 Agassi
Federer gets two break points and duly breaks Agassi to seize control early in the second set.

First set:

Federer 6-3 Agassi
Federer briefly looks in trouble at 15-30 and then finds himself staring at a break point at 30-40, which he saves with an ace down the middle.

Agassi forces a second chance to break but Federer fights it off with a crunching forehand, only for another double fault to give Agassi another chance to break.

This time Federer saves it with a second-serve ace and a fine volley gives him set point, but he cannot take the chance as Agassi out-rallies him.

The Swiss player is given a second set point when Agassi drags a backhand wide, but after approaching the net he makes a complete mess of a makeable volley.

Another powerful serve gives Federer a third set point but again Agassi out-rallies the world number one to get it back to deuce.

Ace number 11 produces the fourth set point and this time a sublime backhand down the line gives Federer the first set after some marvellous tennis from both players.

Federer 5-3 Agassi
Agassi holds to love as the standard drops from the exceptional to the merely excellent.

Federer 5-2 Agassi
Agassi forces the pace to go 30-0 up on the Federer serve. The Swiss star produces two consecutive aces but Agassi takes the game to deuce with a blistering cross-court forehand. However, a further ace gives Federer game point and he duly holds serve.

Federer 4-2 Agassi
Federer runs around a second serve to set up two break points with a brutal forehand, but Agassi fights them off.

Federer looks to have won the game on his fourth break point but the umpire overrules a call in Agassi's favour, only for the American to double fault and hand Federer the break.

Federer 3-2 Agassi
Federer's serve is working well and he has already sent down five aces.

Federer 2-2 Agassi
Federer mis-hits a couple from the backcourt as Agassi holds to love.

Federer 2-1 Agassi
After double-faulting Federer redeems himself with an ace and holds with ease.

Federer 1-1 Agassi
Agassi finally claims his first point on the seventh point of the match. The game goes to deuce before two poor shots from Federer help the veteran American get on the board.

Federer 1-0 Agassi
Federer opens up with two aces in his first service game and holds to love.

The players enter the court to a huge ovation and after knocking up for a while are given the two-minute warning. Federer will serve first after Agassi won the toss and elected to receive.



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