Federer breezes past Matosevic

Roger Federer gave a tennis masterclass during his Brisbane International quarterfinal on Friday, taking under an hour to demolish Australian Marinko Matosevic for the loss of just two games.  The top seeded Federer booked a semifinal against France’s Jeremy Chardy with his imperious 57-minute 6-1, 6-1 win over an outclassed Matosevic.  Eighth seed Chardy had earlier downed another Australian, wildcard Sam Groth, 7-5, 6-4. The second semifinal will be between second seed Kei Nishikori of Japan and crowd favourite Lleyton Hewitt.  Nishikori outlasted big-serving Croat Marin Cilic 6-4, 5-7, 6-2, while Hewitt was too good for qualifier Marius Copil, beating him 6-4, 6-2.