That's the way to go!

After giving his fans near heart-attacks in first set, the Swiss bounced back just at the right time.

Shows his mental toughness and relentlessness. I had almost freaked out after following the forums to discover that the Swiss master was completely lost and shaky in the start. Probably a good time to get a kick and come back to senses before entering semis. Unfortunately I can only see it from the eyes of people posting on live forums and it seems Federer got nicely on track since the second set.

 

so far so good

 

some hysterical stuff from discussion forums-

 

"How can I be expected to go to work in 20 minutes when these two matches are on, my cable box is not working (so can't Tivo!) and I can't get ESPN livestream at work? Darn you Grande Communications! Darn you to heck!!"

 

"Fed loses the first set 6-2. He better come back! Or he'll have my suicide on his conscience!"

 

"Fed on the revengful track is not a pretty sight!"

 

"Rolf Federer is Roger's evil twin. He is a pro player too but his best ranking is two hundred soomething. Rogers lets him play on big scene sometimes. Even Mirka cannot tell them apart. The only way to tell them apart is that Rogers shoes have initials RF whereas Rolfs..... um, scratch that. Basically you cannot tell them apart except for the game. That bathroom break after 1st, that was the switch time."

 

"Serve it out Roger and then off to the locker room to give Rolf a good beatdown for showing up today! Like any of us were fooled!!! We can bloody well tell which one is out there!!! (mmmm.... wonder if Mirka's ever been fooled by Rolf...)"

 

"That was a happy smile to the camera after the autograph signing."

 

some amazing stuff today! Not to forget the wonderful victory that Safina pulled over again after coming back from a matchpoint, she is on a roll.

Now all eyes on SF tomorrow, its Nole and Rafa.