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Federer's present has reconnected with his past in defeating Murray

With this victory, Roger Federer has now reached 11 straight semifinals at the Australian Open.

With this victory, Roger Federer has now reached 11 straight semifinals at the Australian Open.

• It became the received wisdom around the time the man turned 30: "A lot has to go right for Federer to win another Major." (Even that sounded charitable. Remember, Federer lost to Lleyton Hewitt a few weeks ago.) Well, here we are with two rounds to go in the Australian Open. Federer has taken care of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray. Novak Djokovic has been eliminated by Wawrinka. Rafael Nadal looms next, but Nadal has a hole in his hand. If that's not "a lot," it sure is more than a little. He still has six sets to win, but Federer... well, let's not get ahead of ourselves.

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