Hamburg Masters

World number one Roger Federer swept through to the Hamburg Masters semi-finals with a resilient 6-4, 7-6 victory over Argentina's Guillermo Coria on Friday.

The 23-year-old top seed, who also beat Coria in last year's Hamburg final, was a break down in both sets and behind in the tiebreak but recovered to quell the 10th seed.

Federer has now won 39 of his 41 matches this year and together with in-form Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal, who missed the Hamburg event due to a hand blister, is the favourite for the French Open crown.

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