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 | Del Potro defeated Federer and is in the semifinals in London12-11-2012 |
The Argentinean Juan Martin del Potro beat No. 2 in the scheme Roger Federer (Switzerland) and qualified for the semifinals of the final tournament of the season at ATP with a prize fund 5.5 million dollars in London.
Del Potro won with 7:6 (3), 4:6, 6:3 for 2:01 hours of play against the six-time champion Federer, who had earlier secured a place in the semifinals. They have two wins and one loss in group "B".
Federer had three opportunities to break in the first set but did not use them, so he get to the tiebreak, in which Del Porto lead with 6:1 and won with 7:3.
Federer, who scored 12 aces in the match started with a breakout second half thanks to which won the set. In the third part of Del Potro lead with 3:0 by the end of the game had no problems.
The late match between Janko Tipsarevic and David Ferrer is irrelevant for both players, but will determine the semifinal doubles in the tournament
Tipsarevic victory will mean that Del Potro will finish as number one in the group, and in success of Ferrer - Roger Federer will be in the first place.
The winner of the group will play in the semifinals with Andy Murray (Britain), and the second will face world No. 1 Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
6 Juan Martin del Potro (Argentina) - 2-Roger Federer (Switzerland) - 7:6 (3), 4:6, 6:3
8 Janko Tipsarevic - 4-David Ferrer (Spain) - later today
standings:
1. Del Potro Juan Martin 3 2 1 5:3 4 points
2. Roger Federer 3 2 1 5:2 4
3. David Ferrer 2 1 1 2:3 2
4. Janko Tipsarevic 2 0 2 0:4 0