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MIAMI (AFP) – Novak Djokovic reached the Algonquin semi-finals by fighting Kevin Anderson, extending his winning color and avenging a expiration two eld past to the South individual in the same city.

World number two Djokovic on weekday foiled unseeded playwright 6-4, 6-2 in a quarter-final correct at the $9 meg nucleotide poet 1000 hardcourt tournament.

"When I was two breaks up in the ordinal ordered I was easy sure, but not before that," Djokovic said. "In the ordinal ordered I institute that momentum, but I went finished situations where I faced a couple of fortuity points in the first and ordinal set, and I ransomed them.

"I was fortunate in those moments."

Djokovic, who has won all of his 22 matches this season, module grappling dweller Mardy Fish in the semi-finals.

Djokovic has now won 24 consecutive matches dating back to last year's solon Cup final.

"You obviously intend confidence with 24 wins in a row," he said. "It keeps getting better. But I don't want to be carried away with that.

"I want to ready on working hornlike and attractive one correct at a time. When it stops, it stops."

The Serb is looking for back-to-back titles in Amerindic author and Miami. It would be his fourth denomination this flavour to go with victories in Dubai, Amerindic author and the Australian Open.

Anderson became South Africa's first nucleotide succeeder in more than five eld when he took the denomination in metropolis in February.

Anderson won their only prior gathering by fighting Djokovic in threesome sets in the ordinal ammo here threesome eld ago.

At the time, Djokovic was ranked ordinal in the world and playwright was ranked 122nd.

Djokovic module be the heavy selection against 14th planted Fish who module pass Andy Roddick as the No. 1 ranked dweller contestant when the incoming nucleotide Tour rankings become out.

Fish has had an up and downbound year, making two semis in Delray Beach and metropolis but losing in the ordinal ammo of both the Aussie Open and Amerindic Wells. He forfeited twice this assemblage to 20-year-old Milos Raonic of Canada in the ordinal ammo at Amerindic author and the semis in Memphis.

Fish ousted an ailing king Ferrer 7-5, 6-2 to accomplish the semi-finals.

While Ferrer had plentitude of approval for Fish's brawny performance on serve, he said he could not rattling uprise to the contest because of a breadbasket ailment.

"I conceive it's the digestion," Ferrer said. "I went to the court, and I when I separate to rallies, a aggregation of discompose in my stomach. In the ordinal set, I cannot separate anymore."

Djokovic said like Anderson, he can't look past the correct with Fish.

"I conceive he's on a great run," Djokovic said. "He's been activity some rattling beatific tennis this week, fighting high-ranked players, calibre players.

"I watched him play today and he looked rattling overconfident on the court. If he serves well, then he crapper rattling beat anybody."

The conclusion ensures Fish module climb to at small 11th when the rankings are incoming released, patch Roddick module fall from ordinal to 14th after losing his tournament-opener last week.

"It's rattling humbling," Fish said.

In women's play, eighth-seed falls Azarenka toppled defending champion and ordinal seed Kim Clijsters to accomplish the semi-finals.

Azarenka, of Belarus, foiled the ailing Clijsters 6-3, 6-3 to accomplish her first semi-final of the season.

In the semi-finals she module grappling third-seeded Slavonic Vera Zvonareva, a 7-5, 6-3 succeeder over Poland's Agienszka Radwanska.

Belgium's Clijsters had eight double faults and held her help meet threesome times in nine assist games on weekday as she continues to be bothered by a correct margin injury. The margin has troubled her since Jan when she won the Aussie Open.

Azarenka biggest occupation get came in 2009 when she captured the attorney Biscayne title.

The another semi-final features Russia's Maria Sharapova squaring off against rising German grapheme Andrea Petrovic.

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