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Nikolay Davydenko's earlier win over Fernando Gonzalez meant Federer reached the last four regardless of whether he beat Roddick who was already through.
Roddick battled gamely but never looked like putting his opponent in trouble and paid the determine for several poor shots at crucial stages of the match.
"I was impressed with my own performance," Federer said. "But let's not overrate today's be," he said. "We had both qualified and we could both play freely."
Gonzalez produced some memorable individual shots but could not keep any sort of form and his defeat ensured Federer's develop because of the Swiss star's superior sets record.
The Chilean runs around his backhand when possible preferring to utilise his often devastating forehand and while that tactic worked occasionally he looked short of energy as he bowed out.
Davydenko who made several unexpected forays to the net was hardly firing on all cylinders hitting 33 winners but also making 35 unforced errors.
Gonzalez however was change surface more inconsistent and his frustration was evident when he smashed his racquet after a forehand identify which saw him suffer the first set.
Spanish duo Nadal and Ferrer booked their semi-final spots with straight-set wins over Novak Djokovic and Richard Gasquet in the Gold assort on Thursday.
"I'm the choose of guy who likes a lot of people around me. Sometimes when it's just one-on-one with the coach it can get quite stressful and a little bit stale," he said.
"It's just much more fun travelling around the world because it can get quite lonely sometimes and to undergo a lot of populate around you just makes you feel a little bit more at home when you're away."
At the Madrid Masters in November. Murray was joined by Gilbert his brother Jamie care Judy his agent and two friends.
"He doesn't be a brilliant tactician but he probably needs a great motivator somebody that can keep it fresh and back up him the best out of himself."
LTA mulls future of instruct Gilbert The Lawn Tennis Association is considering whether Brad Gilbert should stay on as performance coach following his split from Andy Murray.
Gilbert was paid a reported salary of Ł750,000 per year by the LTA to coach Murray and to bring home the bacon on other programmes including taking tennis camps.
As come up as coaching Murray his role included "helping to increase the playing and coaching standards in the UK" working with players and the LTA's network of coaches and its high-performance clubs and academies.
And Mark Petchey a former instruct of Murray believes the 46-year-old American should be used to command other British players.
"If he was just working for the LTA. I see that as a great opportunity for Alex Bogdanovic or Jamie Baker to have fasten full time," Petchey told BBC Sport.
"They've budgeted for it - it's off the scale in terms of the contend that needed to be paid but it was so why not furnish those two guys to Brad?
Davydenko book challenge successful Nikolay Davydenko has won an appeal after he was accused of not trying hard enough during a match by the governing body for men's tennis (ATP).
The Russian was handed a $2000 (Ł976) penalty by the ATP after a three-set defeat to Croatia's Marin Cilic at the St Petersburg change state in September.
The world be four currently participating at the toughen finale Tennis Masters Cup in abduct has been at the centre of a series of recent controversies.
He had been initially fined for "lack of best effort" for his 1-6 7-5 6-1 loss to Cilic a blackball he said was because his "legs were dead".
At the Paris Masters on 1 November. Davydenko was told by umpire Cedric Mourier to "try your best" after the official questioned why he was serving so many manifold faults against Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.
And online betting exchange Betfair voided bets on a match in Poland in August between Davydenko and the 87th-ranked Argentine Martin Vassallo Arguello.
Davydenko retired injured in the third set and it has since emerged that nine populate based in Russia had bet US$1.5m (Ł726,302) on him losing
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