Monte Carlo - Roger Federer obtained the all-clear from pregnant wife Mirka before preparing to line up for the start of his clay season at the Monte Carlo Masters, the tennis newlywed revealed on Tuesday. "Mirka was completely relaxed about whatever decision I took," said world number 2 Federer, who opens at the Country Club on Wednesday against Italian Andreas Seppi.

"I feel like I have been on a honeymoon for the last years, so I don't feel necessarily I need to go somewhere, to a special place, to celebrate with her.

Miami (US), Apr. 4: Swiss tennis player Roger Federer was reduced to a rare bout of racquet-bashing as he was toppled in the semi-finals of the Miami ATP Masters 1000 by Serbian Novak Djokovic.

Djokovic, ranked number three in the world, beat the world number two 3-6 6-2 6-3 in one hour and 46 minutes.

Federer, the 13-time Grand Slam champion who is in search of his first title of 2009, comfortably won the first set as Djokovic found his feet, but could find no answers after that - finishing with 35 unforced errors.

Miami - An irate Roger Federer smashed a racket for the first time in memory as the normally calm Swiss stumbled to a 3-6, 6- 2, 6-3 loss against Novak Djokovic in the Miami Masters semi-finals on Friday.

Federer reduced his Wilson to scrap in a flash in the third game of a frustrating final set against the third seed as the Serb claimed a 3-0 lead after winning his sixth straight game in a turnaround.

At one point, Federer lost five of six service games.

Miami - Roger Federer is feeling the natural frustration of a tennis hero whose last title came just shy of six months ago.

The usually solid Swiss smashed his racket at a moment of third-set tension as he went down to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic at the Miami Masters. He last lifted a trophy at his home Swiss Open in Basel on October 20.

Federer, who lost his Australian Open trophy to Rafael Nadal this season, is feeling his former dominance slip.

Miami - Irate Roger Federer smashed a racket for the first time in memory as the normally calm Swiss stumbled to a 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 loss against Novak Djokovic in the Miami Masters semi-finals on Friday.

Federer reduced his Wilson to scrap in a flash in the third game of a frustrating final set against the third seed as the Serb moved claimed a 3-0 lead after winning his sixth straight game in a turnaround.

At one point, Federer lost five of six service games.

Miami  - Roger Federer stretched his run of form at the Miami Masters as he completed his 33rd victory Tuesday in his 11th straight year at the event, reaching the quarter-finals 6-3, 6-2 over Taylor Dent.

Dent, 27, spent six months in a body cast and underwent three back operations as he missed three years of ATP play due to the serious problem. The US player returned to the game at the start of 2009 with a ranking just inside the top 500 after his inactivity.