Kyrgios was angry with crowd in semi final Miami Open 2017

In a match between the most popular man in tennis and the most misunderstood, the fans played a significant role in pushing Federer over the line. And not just by lifting his spirits.

The first set was forced into a tie-breaker with Kyrgios appearing to go into his shell a little as the crowd cheered and urged the Fed-Express on.

Early in the tie-break, Kyrgios started to lose his cool as the crowd became restless causing the young volatile star to take a bite out of ticket buyers.

As he was lining up his serve, the 12th seed paused and looked to the side of the court.

The umpire could sense the 21-year-old was starting to let his frustrations cloud his judgement and asked the crowd to settle down.

Kyrgios begins to bounce the ball again before he serves, yet stops again taking a look at the edge of the court in disgust as a crowd member screams ‘come on!’.

The umpire interjects again asking a fan to turn off their radio resulting in the Australian asking the crowd to ‘shut up!’, with the umpire again pleading with Kyrgios to let him take care of the situation.

The crowd starts playing up, laughing at the exchange before giving Kyrgios a collective boo over the incident.

Kyrgios promptly shanked the shot well wide and then started remonstrating with the fan in furious fashion. “Oh my god, shut up!” he shouted. “Shut the f--- up! What the f--- are you doing?”

Roger gets the difficult win 3 sets with tiebreak vs. Nick Kyrgios

Roger Federer needs 3h:09 to defeat Nick Kyrgios 6 - 7(9), 7 - 6(9), 7 - 5. The spectacular performance from Roger Federer carried him into the perfect Miami final against his great rival Rafael Nadal

But the trophy match will do well to live up to this semi-final against Nick Kyrgios, which polarised the crowd to such an extent that it often felt like a pantomime.

In a match between the most popular man in tennis and the most misunderstood, the fans played a significant role in pushing Federer over the line. And not just by lifting his spirits.

In the 3^rd set, Kyrgios double-faulted when he has the advantage, and then Federer completed a memorable 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 victory with an unreturned serve. As the victor celebrated in unusually demonstrative fashion, throwing every one of his towels into the crowd, Kyrgios smashed his racket into the court surface over and over again.

“It was a great feeling to play like this,” said Federer in his on-court interview. “It was a lot of fun and you guys [the crowd] made it super special so thank you very much.

 “I was feeling pretty happy sitting down [after the second set] because it was one set all. I could have lost the first. I was trying to stay positive, and for you guys it was worthwhile to stay more, because the atmosphere only got more epic.”

ROGER FEDERER VS RAFAEL NADAL (13-23)

YEAR	EVENT	SURFACE	RND	WINNER	RESULT
2017	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells
CA, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	R16	Roger Federer	62 63
2017	Australian Open
Australia		Outdoor Hard	F	Roger Federer	64 36 61 36 63
2015	Basel
Switzerland		Indoor Hard	F	Roger Federer	63 57 63
2014	Australian Open
Australia		Outdoor Hard	SF	Rafael Nadal	76(4) 63 63
2013	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
Great Britain		Indoor Hard	SF	Rafael Nadal	75 63
75 63
2013	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati
OH, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	QF	Rafael Nadal	57 64 63
2013	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome
Italy		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	61 63
2013	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells
CA, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	QF	Rafael Nadal	64 62
2012	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells
CA, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	SF	Roger Federer	63 64
2012	Australian Open
Australia		Outdoor Hard	SF	Rafael Nadal	67(5) 62 76(5) 64
2011	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
Great Britain		Indoor Hard	RR	Roger Federer	63 60
2011	Roland Garros
France		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	75 76(3) 57 61
2011	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid
Spain		Outdoor Clay	SF	Rafael Nadal	57 61 63
2011	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami
FL, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	SF	Rafael Nadal	63 62
2010	Barclays ATP World Tour Finals
Great Britain		Indoor Hard	F	Roger Federer	63 36 61
2010	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid
Spain		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	64 76(5)
2009	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid
Spain		Outdoor Clay	F	Roger Federer	64 64
2009	Australian Open
Australia		Outdoor Hard	F	Rafael Nadal	75 36 76(3) 36 62
2008	Wimbledon
Great Britain		Outdoor Grass	F	Rafael Nadal	64 64 67(5) 67(8) 97
2008	Roland Garros
France		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	61 63 60
2008	ATP Masters Series Hamburg
Germany		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	75 67(3) 63
2008	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo
Monaco		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	75 75
2007	Tennis Masters Cup
China		Indoor Hard	SF	Roger Federer	64 61
2007	Wimbledon
Great Britain		Outdoor Grass	F	Roger Federer	76(7) 46 76(3) 26 62
2007	Roland Garros
France		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	63 46 63 64
2007	ATP Masters Series Hamburg
Germany		Outdoor Clay	F	Roger Federer	26 62 60
2007	ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo
Monaco		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	64 64
2006	Tennis Masters Cup
China		Indoor Hard	SF	Roger Federer	64 75
2006	Wimbledon
Great Britain		Outdoor Grass	F	Roger Federer	60 76(5) 67(2) 63
2006	Roland Garros
France		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	16 61 64 76(4)
2006	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome
Italy		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	67 76(5) 64 26 76(5)
2006	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo
Monaco		Outdoor Clay	F	Rafael Nadal	62 67(2) 63 76(5)
2006	Dubai
U.A.E.		Outdoor Hard	F	Rafael Nadal	26 64 64
2005	Roland Garros
France		Outdoor Clay	SF	Rafael Nadal	63 46 64 63
2005	ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami
FL, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	F	Roger Federer	26 67(4) 76(5) 63 61
2004	ATP Masters Series Miami
FL, U.S.A.		Outdoor Hard	R32	Rafael Nadal	63 63

Nadal got an easy win over Fabio Fognini in Semi Final of Miami Open 2017

Rafael Nadal lost only nine points and never faced a break point and pressuring the Italian's serve throughout the 90-minute contest on his own serve in a 6-1, 7-5 victory over Fabio Fognini. He will play in his fifth Miami Open.

Nadal, who will be going for his 29th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 crown, will face either fourth seed Roger Federer who defeated Aussie Nick Kyrgios on the same day.

“It's great to be in the final... For me, doesn't matter the opponent. I am happy to be in that final again, and I am excited to play another final of an important event,” Nadal said.

“Two different matches today. I think first set was no match... Second one, when I was starting to play my tennis, I think he was feeling that I was feeling better and better and a few points were going to decide the match,” Fognini said. “At the end, I think we had a great fight.”