Roger Federer, Andy Roddick to meet

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    Roger Federer and Andy Roddick cruised to straight-set wins Friday to gain a Swiss Indoors semifinal that will be their first rematch since an epic 2009 Wimbledon final.

    The top-seeded Swiss eased past Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 and the No. 4 American rode his big serve to a 6-4, 6-4 victory over David Nalbandian of Argentina.

    More than 16 months after a classic 4-hour, 16-minute encounter ended with Federer taking the fifth set 16-14, Roddick pretended to have forgotten all about it.

    "What final?" he deadpanned, before acknowledging he relished the fresh challenge.

    "I always look forward to playing [Roger]," said Roddick, who hit 11 aces in his win. "You want to play the best if you are an athlete and a competitor. You want to get out there and give it a go."

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