Nadal, Djokovic in final as Swiss suffer
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Switzerland’s challenge at the ATP World Tour Finals melted away like an Alpine glacier in a heatwave on Sunday as Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic marched on to the grand finale in London.
Nadal muscled past Roger Federer 7-5, 6-3 before Djokovic extended his hot streak to 21 consecutive victories with a routine 6-3, 6-3 defeat of Stanislas Wawrinka.
Fittingly the regular season will end with a US$1.92 million shoot-out between the two dominant forces in men’s tennis who will go head-to-head for the 39th time.
Djokovic, who like Nadal had a 100 percent record in round-robin play, will be desperate to retain his title after ceding the world No. 1 ranking to the relentless Spaniard in October.
“We are both having a great season this year. This is probably the best possible final we have here in London. We’ll see what happens tomorrow,” Djokovic, who was rock solid against tournament debutante Wawrinka, told a news conference.
Predicting a winner will be a tough task.
Australian Open champion Djokovic is unbeaten since losing the US Open final to Nadal in September while Nadal, whose 10 titles this year include the French Open, hopes to cap an astonishing comeback following a seven-month injury layoff.
“The most important thing for me is that on the toughest surface for me, the most difficult one, I was able to win four matches against top-eight players,” Nadal, whose bulging CV is only missing a Tour Finals title, told reporters.
“Now there remains one more match, probably the hardest, and I need to play my best match to have a chance tomorrow.”
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