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Men's belated semis

AFP, New York
A day behind schedule and destined for a second straight Monday finish, the US Open men's singles semifinals once again see Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic poised for glory.
The only change to last year is that Britain's Andy Murray, seeded second this year, fell in the fourth round and Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro, the sixth seed, takes his place up against Nadal.
Federer and Djokovic both reached the last four on Wednesday and have been resting for three days while Del Potro made it through on Thursday before the rain finally hit Flushing Meadows and made a mess of Nadal's match against Fernando Gonzalez of Chile.
What all that will mean for semifinals remains to be seen although Nadal, who finished off Gonzalez in double-quick time 7-6 (7/4), 7-6 (7/2), 6-0 when play resumed nearly 48 hours later on Saturday, insists that he will not be handicapped by the vagaries of the scheduling.
"For me, the match of today wasn't important physically. It doesn't matter to play two days in a row. The condition for me will be the same as for the four (semifinalists)," he said.
"I'm more fresh than last year, 100 per cent sure. Mentally last year I was totally destroyed. Mentally this year 1 am perfect."
Nadal, seeking to become just the seventh man to complete the career Grand Slam and match Federer who achieved the feat at the French Open in June, has been struggling with an abdominal strain picked up in the buildup tournaments to Flushing Meadows.
He has already withdrawn from Spain's Davis Cup semifinal against Israel and admits he will not be 100 per cent fit for the rest of the tournament, a big handicap at this level, although he was coy over how serious the injury was.
"I have only a little problem in the abdomi nal. That's it," he said.
Nadal has a 4-2 winning record over Del Potro but the Argentinian, who is bidding to become the first South American to win the US Open since Guillermo Vilas in 1977, has won
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their last two meetings, both this year.
The six-times Grand Slam winner, who is certain of regaining from Murray the world No.2 ranking, said that Del Potro had become a very complete player over the last two years.
As usual, the stakes are high for Federer in the other semifinal.
A win on Monday, in a record 21st Grand Slam final, would make him the first player in 85 years to win six straight US Open tides and it would take his career Grand Slam total to 16. two more than second-best Pete Sampras.
It would also be die fourth time in his career that he would have won three out of four of the year's Grand Slam finals, having lost a five-setter to Nadal in Australia at the start of the year.
Djokovic, on the other hand, is bidding for his second Grand Slam tide after the 2008 Australian Open. He lost to Federer in the 2007 final here and to the same player at the semifinal stage last year.
Federer, who has dropped two sets en route to the semifinals, said he expected a tough match against Djokovic.