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November 12, 2012, Monday
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TOWERING Argentine Juan Martin del Potro snapped Roger Federer's three-year unbeaten sequence at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Saturday to earn a semifinal against world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the season-ending showpiece.
Del Potro, fresh from beating the Swiss in the Basel final a fortnight ago, claimed a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 victory at the O2 Arena to guarantee himself runner-up spot in Group B with a 2-1 record, the same as defending champion Federer who will meet Andy Murray for the third time in London this year in the other semifinal.
Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title this year when he beat Murray in the final but a few weeks later the Briton gained revenge in the Olympic gold medal match.
The Swiss 31-year-old, winner of 12 consecutive matches at the tournament since a semifinal defeat by Russian Nikolay Davydenko in 2009, had already qualified for the semis before walking on court to face del Potro and produced a patchy display.
David Ferrer beat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the last round-robin match in the evening to also end with two wins and one defeat but the Spaniard missed out on sets countback.
Del Potro, fresh from beating the Swiss in the Basel final a fortnight ago, claimed a 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 victory at the O2 Arena to guarantee himself runner-up spot in Group B with a 2-1 record, the same as defending champion Federer who will meet Andy Murray for the third time in London this year in the other semifinal.
Federer won his seventh Wimbledon title this year when he beat Murray in the final but a few weeks later the Briton gained revenge in the Olympic gold medal match.
The Swiss 31-year-old, winner of 12 consecutive matches at the tournament since a semifinal defeat by Russian Nikolay Davydenko in 2009, had already qualified for the semis before walking on court to face del Potro and produced a patchy display.
David Ferrer beat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the last round-robin match in the evening to also end with two wins and one defeat but the Spaniard missed out on sets countback.
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