Venue: O2, London Date: Sunday 22 November 18:00 GMT – Roger Federer v Novak Djokovic.
Roger Federer will tackle Novak Djokovic for the title in the wake of beating kindred Swiss Stan Wawrinka at the ATP World Tour Finals.
The six-time champion saw his comrade 7-5 6-3 at London’s O2 Arena to achieve the last for the tenth time.
Djokovic prior beat Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-3 and stays on track for a fourth straight season-completion title.
Federer and Djokovic were because of play in a year ago’s last yet the Swiss hauled out with a back damage.
“Novak should be knocked out by now. No, I am joking,” said Federer, who beat Djokovic in the group stage on Tuesday.
“He played a great match against Rafael Nadal earlier today and I’m sure it will be a fantastic meeting.”
It may have finished with the same victor, however, Federer’s release of Wawrinka was a much more direct undertaking than a year ago’s semi-last.
Twelve months back, there was show on and off the court as Wawrinka missed four match focuses and got to be entangled in succession with Federer’s wife, Mirka.
At the end of the day, the O2 Arena was a Swiss station as the country’s tennis fans plunged as a group in east London, however, the real challenge was far tamer this time around.
Wawrinka got an early break however couldn’t hold tight from 4-2 as a serve-volleying Federer pushed ahead at each chance to assert a vehement win.
Subsequent to leveling at 4-4, the 17-time Grand Slam champion secured the set with a second break after two cross-court forehands and immediately moved 3-0 clear in the second.
Wawrinka made them armada opportunity to break yet couldn’t change over and Federer wrapped up in a great 70 minutes.
The world number one was taking care of business to draw level at 23-23 invocation gatherings with Nadal and case his eighth win in their last nine matches.
Nadal had been the tale of the gathering stage as he piled on three amazing wins and discussed returning to his best shape while Djokovic had played underneath his own exceptionally grandiose gauges.
The Serb set that privilege inside of five minutes on Saturday with an amazing return diversion, four clean champs offering him some assistance with breaking Nadal’s serve to adore.
It was all Djokovic required to take the first set as Nadal neglected to make any impression against the top seed’s rebuffing exactness.
Nadal, with 14 Grand Slam titles to Djokovic’s 10, spared a break point toward the begin of the second set, yet succumbed in a fierce 25-stroke rally in amusement five.
Djokovic had lost only 10 focuses on serve and completed in fabulous style with another break, two sublime heaves, a deft drop volley and two singing strike champs finishing it off.
“It was a great performance from the very beginning,” said Djokovic. “I was trying to be aggressive and dictate the play, and I managed to pull out my best game when it was needed the most.”
Nadal said: “Everything. He’s hitting amazing. The return was always amazing. This year he’s serving great, I think.
“When somebody’s doing like this, the only thing I can do is congratulate him and just wish him not the best of luck for the next year.”
