Fish stuns Federer, Djokovic upsets Nadal

World number one Roger Federer was stunned by unseeded American Mardy Fish after Rafael Nadal's Pacific Life Open title defence came to an abrupt halt in the semi-finals.

Federer lost to an American player for the first time in 42 matches when he was crushed 6-3 6-2 by Fish in a match lasting just over an hour.

Fish, who had never beaten Federer in five previous meetings, outplayed the Swiss on a sun-drenched afternoon to book a place in last night's final against third-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic.

"It feels pretty good," Fish, 26, said in a courtside interview. "I couldn't have dreamed up a better scenario than that."

Earlier, Australian Open champion Djokovic, 20, broke Nadal twice in each set to secure victory in one hour 28 minutes. In a rematch of last year's final, Nadal broke in the third game of the opening set when Djokovic hit a forehand long but the Serb broke back to level at 2-2.

Djokovic also broke in the eighth game with a favourable net cord bounce to lead 5-3 before holding serve to wrap up the first set in 41 minutes.

Djokovic grabbed the initiative in the second by breaking in the fifth game when an ambitious forehand by the Spaniard flew wide.

A protracted seventh game featuring several rallies of high quality finally ended in another break by the Serb when Nadal netted a poor attempt at a drop shot to trail 5-2.

Djokovic calmly served out to seal victory.

Women's final: A. Ivanovic (Serbia) beat S. Kuznetsova (Russia) 6-4 6-3.