Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic in US Open action
Friday 11 September 2015 16:28, UK
It’s double-trouble at the US Open on Friday as Serena Williams, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic feature in the women’s and men’s semi-finals.
Thursday's wash-out delayed the women's matches meaning Friday will be a bumper day of action featuring the top players in the game, live on Sky Sports 1 HD from 5pm.
Flavia Pennetta meets world No 2 Simona Halep in the afternoon's first match on Arthur Ashe, followed by Williams' semi-final against the unseeded Roberta Vinci.
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From 10pm, Novak Djokovic opposes reigning Flushing Meadows champion Marin Cilic followed by Roger Federer against his Swiss compatriot Stan Wawrinka.
World No 1 Williams is the firm favourite to beat Italy's Vinci and stay on course for a calendar Grand Slam.
History heavily favours the American, who owns 21 major singles titles and is gunning for her seventh US Open singles trophy, while the other semi-final players do not have a Grand Slam title between them and are all straining to reach their first final in the Big Apple.
Williams has won four previous meetings with 32-year-old Vinci, who is ranked 43rd, including the most recent last month in the quarter-finals at Toronto.
After the women's semis, last year's men's winner Cilic continues his defence against Djokovic, the world No 1 who he has never beaten. Djokovic dominates a 13-0 head-to-head record between them.
The weekend will be ushered in by Federer, the imperious world No 2, who meets Wawrinka.
Switzerland's best two players have shared a fractious relationship in the past and, in advance of Friday's meeting, Wawrinka has warned that he is one of few who can worry Federer.
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