Federer crushes Safin as ethnic violence mars Melbourne tennisA flawless Roger Federer “Federer” redirects here. For other uses, see Federer (disambiguation). Roger Federer (IPA pronunciation: [ˈɹɑ.dʒəɹ ˈfɛ.də. powered towards a 14th Grand Slam grand slam n. 1. The winning of all the tricks during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games. 2. Sports The winning of all the major or specified events, especially on a professional circuit. title at the Australian Open
Federer floored fellow former champion Marat Safin in straight sets, hitting sparkling form as he overwhelmed his old rival 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) to stay on course for a semi-final match-up with Djokovic. "It's special to play Marat, we go way back. I think we like playing each other. It doesn't matter who wins, it is always a good contest," said the Swiss great. But attention will inevitably focus on the violent clashes which followed Djokovic's four-set win over Bosnian-American Amer Delic Amer Delić (born on June 30, 1982) is a Bosnian-American professional tennis player. Delić was born in Tuzla located in the northeastern part of Bosnia-Herzegovina, at the time part of former Yugoslavia. . Dozens of Bosnian and Serb youths hurled plastic chairs and other missiles at each other, leaving one woman with minor injuries. About 30 people were thrown out as skirmishes continued outside. "A number of people got into a chair-throwing contest between two groups with the result that 30-odd people were ejected from Rod Laver Noun 1. Rod Laver - Australian tennis player who in 1962 was the second man to win the Australian and French and English and United States singles titles in the same year; in 1969 he repeated this feat (born in 1938) Laver, Rodney George Laver ," said Inspector Chris Duthie of Melbourne East Police. "We're charging two on summons and one will be receiving an on-the-spot fine." A male streaker also invaded one court and danced around, naked from the waist down, in another security lapse. The Australian Open was first marred by violence in 2007, when Serbian and Croatian fans attacked each other with flagpoles, bottles and boots. Then last year, police used pepper spray to subdue rowdy elements watching a match between Konstantinos Economidis Konstantinos Economidis is a professional tennis player. He is currently the top-ranked Greek tennis player, with an ATP ranking of 152. In 2007, he qualified for the French Open and defeated Australian big-server Chris Guccione in the first round before falling to Tommy Robredo of Greece and Chile's Fernando Gonzales. Friday's incidents took the gloss off Djokovic's hard-fought 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory. "I'm really sad to hear about it," said Delic when told of the violence. "As I said a couple of days ago, there's absolutely no place for that here. This is a tennis match." While Djokovic went through, Spain's 11th seed David Ferrer David Ferrer Ern Gaydamak (born April 2 1982 in Javea, Spain) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He was born in Javea, Spain and lives in Valencia, Spain. He turned professional in 2000. crashed out to Croatia's Marin Cilic 7-6 (7/5), 6-3, 6-4. Cilic will now meet dangerous Argentine eighth seed Juan Martin del Potro who came from a set down to beat Luxembourg's Gilles Muller 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-3, 7-5. 
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