Ferrer outlasts Tipsarevic in 5th-set tiebreaker to reach US Open semifinals for 2nd time
NEW YORK, N.Y. – David Ferrer outlasted Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-3, 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) in 4 hours, 31 minutes to reach the U.S. Open semifinals for the second time.
The fourth-seeded Ferrer needed a mid-match pedicure of sorts. He seemed bothered when Tipsarevic got a mid-game medical timeout. He was down a break in the fifth set.
In the end, though, the indefatigable Spaniard was barely better, as he usually is when matches go the distance.
Ferrer trailed 4-1 in the last set, but in the next game, the eighth-seeded Tipsarevic slammed to the ground while chasing a drop shot and stayed down for a few moments. Tipsarevic later had his right thigh taped up.
Ferrer, also a semifinalist at Flushing Meadows in 2007, has won four consecutive five-setters.
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