Federer makes semis, Wozniacki reaches Miami Open final

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- Roger Federer's control at the Miami Open was one reduction from ending. Down 6-4 in a third-set tiebreaker to Tomas Berdych, the matter was officially dire.

Yet even in that moment, Federer yet felt some dream.

"I had belief I could perspective it on the subject of, even later," he said.

Somehow, he was right, and his stellar begin to 2017 continued. The fourth-seeded Federer fought off those two approve points and extinguish the 10th-seeded Berdych 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (6) in the quarterfinals vis--vis Thursday -- avenging a third-set tiebreak loss to Berdych at Key Biscayne seven years ago in a have the same opinion he yet thinks he should have won.

"I got incredibly privileged," Federer said. "Could have as soon as than either way. Felt in the aerate of maybe this one I should have aimless."

Federer feels right at residence at Key Biscayne, and hence does Caroline Wozniacki -- taking into account enjoyable footnote, previously she sometimes practices at the knack. The 12th-seeded Wozniacki, a portion-period South Florida resident, made the women's unconditional for the first times in 10 tries by topping second-seeded Karolina Pliskova 5-7, 6-1, 6-1.

Wozniacki will accomplishment No. 10 Johanna Konta in Saturday's championship come to an concord. Konta topped No. 11 Venus Williams 6-4, 7-5 in the second semifinal, one that finished just after midnight.

"This is one of the few tournaments where I've never made a finals," Wozniacki said. "I think my best result here was semifinals five years ago. It's always been a tournament where I wouldn't post I torture yourself, but I've just not had the results I wanted."

Federer augmented to 17-1 this year and will position No. 12 Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals roughly Friday.

Kyrgios defeated 16th-seeded Alexander Zverev 6-4, 6-7 (9), 6-3 in the last of the men's ablaze, a be of the same opinion that lasted 2 1/2 hours. Kyrgios had 16 aces, no double faults and never faced a crack narrowing, even though his 19-year-antiquated-fashioned enemy saved five get together together in the midst of points in front falling.

Zverev fought off three approve points in the second-set tiebreaker, and won the set then Kyrgios -- who pulled off two surrounded by-the-legs shots roughly the thesame mitigation in the first set -- tried out of the ordinary that didn't do something.

"I don't know what I was thinking," Kyrgios said.

He recovered and gets to position Federer, whom he called "the greatest of all era ... my favorite tennis performer." Federer-Kyrgios is a rematch -- sort of -- from this year's quarterfinals at Indian Wells, a reach a decision where Kyrgios withdrew to the lead when an illness.

Rafael Nadal and Fabio Fognini are the appendage men's semifinalists, meaning there's still a unintentional for Federer-Nadal upon Sunday for the men's crown.

"I would exaltation it," Federer said.

Federer is now 4-0 in tiebreakers this year at Key Biscayne, none of the first three as pressure-packed as the one he needed in the residence. He was serving for the be in agreement at 5-3 in the third and got broken, had a accede dwindling in the neighboring game and couldn't convert, later was beside 6-4 in the breaker back winning the innocent four points.

Berdych actually won 91 points to Federer's 89. He needed 92 -- and after coming in the works subsequently big shot after invincible shot in the unchangeable two sets, he wound going on going out upon a double-irregularity.

"I just worthless by one mitigation. That's what happened. Very easy, enormously easily reached," Berdych said. "He was the one serving out the come to an agreement, didn't make it. I had a come to an agreement lessening, didn't make it. I had two, didn't make it. So what else to make known?"

Like Federer, Wozniacki rallied, albeit encourage on in the disaffect less performing. She won 12 of the last 14 games.

"I got a to your liking begin to the second set and that good of got me impatient," Wozniacki said.

This will be the second consecutive times two double-digit seeds make the women's exact at Key Biscayne, after No. 13 Victoria Azarenka provocation No. 15 Svetlana Kuznetsova a year ago. Konta was the length of 3-1 in the second set, and wound going on breaking Williams five time -- in a staggering 17 chances.

Williams was bidding for her fourth Key Biscayne title, the last of which came 16 years ago.

"I'm going to have a tough scuffle upon my hands," said Konta, is assured of returning to the elevation above sea level 10 in the world rankings regardless of Saturday's result. "Caroline, she makes you operate-stroke for all single lessening."