Andy Roddick might as well not have turned up to play the Australian Open semi final against Roger Federer tonight such was the dominance shown by the world no. 1. Roddick got off to a bad start when broken in the first game of the first set. From there it was all down hill. The only positive was that Roddick was 100 per cent on break point conversions. The only problem was the he was 1 of 1 while Federer was 7 of 7.

Even though Federer served at 51 per cent he totally dominated the match. He hit 45 winners to 12 errors compared to 11 winners to 18 errors from Roddick. The American could not cope with the power and variety of Federer’s shot making. At one stage Roddick almost had an air swing such was his state of mind.

Even though Federer totally dominated the match tonight it will count for nothing if he does not hold up the winners trophy on Sunday night. Tomorrow his final’s opponent will be decided when Fernando Gonzalez goes up against Tommy Haas. If Gonzalez can continue his standard of play shown so far this tournament he should defeat Haas. If so he could push Federer in the final. On the other hand Haas will be wanting to improve on his two previous semi final appearances. In 2002 he lost in five sets to Marat Safin.

What do you have to say about the final. Will it be a one sided affair like tonight’s semi or can we look forward to a close matchup?

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