Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer has set up a semi-final showdown with Rafael Nadal at the ATP World Tour finals after beating Juan Martin del Potro 4-6, 7-6, 7-5 in their Group B match at London's O2 Arena.
According to Sport24, victory meant he qualified for the last four as group runner-up to defending champion Novak Djokovic who will face Federer's fellow Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in Sunday's other semi-final.
Federer had only once fallen in the round-robin phase of the season-ending tournament in 11 previous appearances and never since the tournament switched to London in 2009, the report said.
Novak Djokovic beat Richard Gasquet 7-6, 4-6, 6-3 in the other match of the day.
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