9 Jan 2009

Federer through to semi-finals of Qatar Open

12:13 pm on 9 January 2009

The world number two tennis player Roger Federer has moved into the semi-finals of the Qatar Open with a 6-2 7-6 victory over eighth-seeded German Philipp Kohlschreiber.

The Swiss second seed will next play Briton Andy Murray who beat Ukraine's Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4 6-2 in the last quarter-final.