{"id":6783,"date":"2013-07-19T22:25:23","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:25:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/federer-digs-deep-to-reach-hamburg-semis\/"},"modified":"2013-07-19T22:25:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:25:23","slug":"federer-digs-deep-to-reach-hamburg-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/federer-digs-deep-to-reach-hamburg-semis\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer digs deep to reach Hamburg semis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roger Federer needed just under two hours to see off Germany’s Florian Mayer in three-sets on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the Hamburg claycourt tournament.<\/p>\n
The Swiss top seed, playing his first tournament since his shock second-round exit at Wimbledon, dug deep to claim the third set for a 7-6 (7\/4), 3-6, 7-5 quarter-final victory.<\/p>\n