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 | Federer defeated Ferrer and ensure his place in the semis in London9-11-2012 |
The Swiss Roger Federer qualified for the semi-finals in men's tennis Masters 2012 in London with the prize money U.S. $ 5.5 million, beating the Spaniard David Ferrer with 6:4 and 7:6 / 7:5 /.
On Tuesday, Federer beat the Serbian tennis player Janko Tipsarevic, but with today's victory over Ferrer the Swiss secured one of the first two places in Group "B", which makes him semifinalist.
In their last group game Roger Federer plays on Saturday with Argentinean Juan Martin Del Potro, but this game is irrelevant to Federer. Later that evening in match of Group 'B' play Janko Tipsarevic and Juan Martin Del Potro.
Roger Federer confirmed "the tradition" to have no problems against David Ferrer and today reached his 14th victory in 14 matches on the court over the Spaniard Ferrer, and this sets in these 14 matches are 29:3 in favor of the Swiss.
Federer started the match confidently and led with 3:0, followed by a good game of the Spaniard and the result was 3:3, but ultimately Federer won the first set. The second set was very competitive, but Federer reached to victory after the tiebreak - 7:6, and thus won and the match that lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes.