Davydenko wears down Haas to reach semi-finals

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New York, Sept 6: Russian Nikolay Davydenko saw off Tommy Haas in the quarter-finals of the U S Open for the second successive year, beating the German 6-3 6-3 6-4 today to reach the last four without dropping a set.

The fourth seed was at his consistent best as he wore down the 10th seed to set up a clash will three-times defending champion Roger Federer or American Andy Roddick, the winner in 2003.

Haas, who had come through two five-set battles to reach the quarter-finals, broke Davydenko in the second game but the Russian, dominating from the baseline, hit back to take the opening set.

The German came back from 4-1 down to be back on serve at 4-3 but Davydenko held on to take the second set and though there were five straight breaks in the third, Davydenko served out to reach the semi-finals for the second year in a row.

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