Frustrating Pacific Life Open for World No. 1 Roger Federer, after No. 98 Mardy Fish made a stunning match against the multiple champion, winning 6-3, 6-2 in front of a big crowd that seemed to want more.

It was an hour of pain for Federer, who missed the final, and lost his third game this year. The winner in the Saturday semifinal will meet No. 3 Novak Djokovic, who won his semifinal against No. 2 and defending champion Rafael Nadal, after a 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 victory.

Mardy Fish managed to end a whopping 41-match winning strike against Americans that Federer has been keeping since 2003, when he lost to American Andy Roddick.

A crowd of 16,870 people witnessed how a frustrated Federer couldn’t handle the constant pressure from Fish, who came from also defeating former world No. 1, currently No. 24 Lleyton Hewitt 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (4) after four rounds and now defeated the current holder of the No. 1 spot.

Fish said after the game according to The New York Times: “This obviously wasn’t Roger’s best day, but hopefully I had little something to do with that,” after keeping complete control over the entire game.

“When he wanted to attack, everything worked,” Federer said according to the same source, after Fish took on the first set 3-0 and never gave up the lead since.

In the Sunday’s final of the Pacific Life Open, Mardy will face Australian Open Champion Novak Djokovic. The two had previously met at the US Open in 2006, when the Serbian was victorious. The 20-year-old Djokovic is also last year’s runner up at this event.