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Juan Carlos Ferrero takes an early lead in the first men's semi-final, breaking top seed Andre Agassi's serve in the first game

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Agassi can't recover the break and loses the first set to the Spaniard 6-4

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French Open champion Ferrero punches the air with delight as he breaks again early in the second set

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Despite considerable encouragement from the New York crowd Agassi drops his serve three times in the second set, losing it 6-3

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After some epic games Agassi finally gets a break ahead and stays in the match by taking the third set 6-3

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But Agassi's comeback is shortlived as Ferrero displays enormous amounts of guts and no little skill to claim the fourth set 6-4 and go through to the final

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The home crowd's attentions switch to Andy Roddick who takes on David Nalbandian in the second semi-final

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But it's Nalbandian who claims the first set on a tie-break as both players look impressive on their own serve

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Nalbandian silences the packed stands by dominating the second set taking it 6-3 and leaving Roddick staring at defeat

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Roddick becomes frustrated as he just can't get to grips with the Nalbandian serve in a tight third set

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The number four seed keeps his hopes of a first Grand Slam victory alive by winning the third set tie-break

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Roddick finds a new gear in the fourth set cruising through 6-1 and breaking Nalbandian three times to set up a decider

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Nalbandian just can't regain his momentum and from being match-point up in the third he loses the match in five sets