DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic reached the semifinals of the Dubai Championships by beating Florian Mayer of Germany 7-5, 6-1 Thursday for his 12th straight win.
The defending champion trailed 3-0 and 5-3 in the first set before winning the final four games. The third-ranked Serb easily won the second set to set up a semifinal match against Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
Berdych defeated Philipp Petzschner of Germany 7-5, 6-4.
In the other quarterfinals matches, Roger Federer will play Sergiy Stakhovsky and Gilles Simon will take on Richard Gasquet.
