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Safinator Returns

July 3, 2008

Then on Wednesday one of the great mavericks of modern tennis reached his first Wimbledon semi-final by beating Spaniard Feliciano Lopez (3-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-3) and all those struggles battling injury and taming his febrile temperament were worth it.

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He confessed afterwards: "I started a little bit nervous as I have never beaten him in a big tournament."

After a rollercoaster career, he said: "I'm surprised that I'm still here. I started to think I lost it completely because of the way I played the last year," he said.

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