Roger Federer advances to Shanghai Master's final; sets clash with Rafael Nadal
October 14, 2017 21:01 ISTIt will now be the fourth time and third time in a final when Federer and Nadal will clash with each other this season.
It will now be the fourth time and third time in a final when Federer and Nadal will clash with each other this season.
The world number one Nadal, who won a tour-best sixth title of the season at the China Open last week, has now beaten Marin Cilic in five of their six matches.
Roselyne Bachelot, who served as Minister for Health and Sport of France between 2007 and 2010, had alleged that Nadal's seven-month injury break in 2012 was due to the failed drug test.
Del Potro tumbled on the court at 2-2 in the third set against Viktor Troicki and instinctively tried to break the fall with his left wrist in the quarterfinal in Shanghai on Friday.
The Swiss tennis maestro dismantled Gasquet 7-5, 6-4 in a one-sided match that lasted more than an hour.
Topping Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-4, 6-7 (6), 6-3 was his 870th match win and improved his win streak to 15.
Nadal will today lock horns with sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov whereas Federer will cross swords with Richard Gasquet of France.
Nadal hadn't won an ATP hard-court title in more than three years until the U.S. Open last month, and now the Spaniard is gunning for his third title in five weeks.
Both Nadal and Federer are in contention for the season-ending No. 1 ranking, although only the Spaniard can clinch that honour this week by winning the title in Shanghai.
The 13th-seeded Australian packed his bag and left the court after losing the first set 7-6 (5) to Steve Johnson on Tuesday.
Kyrgios could find himself in hot water again if he does not have a legitimate explanation for his decision to retire after losing the first set of his opening-round match in a tie-break against Steve Johnson in Shanghai Masters.
Bhambri might not have won the match against supremely talented Shapovalov but pushed the 18-year-old Canadian to five sets before losing the second singles tie in the Davis Cup.
Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, one more than Steffi Graf for the Open-era record. Australian Margaret Court is the all-time leader with 24.
Nadal, 16-time Grand Slam champion, maintained the top spot after claiming the China Open title for the second time in his career on Sunday beating Nick Kyrgios.
World No.1 Nadal, who was tied with Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev at five titles this season, picked up his 75th career singles trophy with the win in Beijing.
The 15th-ranked Garcia, who lost to Halep the two previous times they played, will make her top-10 debut when the new WTA rankings will come out on Monday.
With this win, the Belgian now stands at No. 8 in the ATP Race to London rankings.
The French Open and U.S. Open champion is one of three men to win five titles this year, along with Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev.
The new world number one will play the winner of the semifinal between Garcia and 12th-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in the finals of China Open.
After comfortably winning the first set, the Indo-Chinese duo slumped to a shocking 6-2, 1-6, 5-10 defeat at the hands of Swiss star Martina Hingis and Chan Yung-Jan of China.
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