ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING Roger Federer topples Nadal in the semifinal in London

Roger Federer overcomes Rafael Nadal 7-6³ 1-6 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London on Friday after playing a match out of this world. Federer will engage against Novak Djokovic in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Roger won the breaker at 3. Federer was 1 mini-breakdown in a couple of occasions, but eventually he won the last 5 points of the tiebreak to revers a 2-3 deficit ina 7-3 win.

2^nd set.

Nadal was far too good to concede just 1 game before breaking the Swiss 2 times and win the set 6-1. Roger lost the plot in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1) and it seemed that after he was broken in the 4th game at love, he just conceded the set to his rival to conserve energy.

3^rd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Roger conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3). That break was an important “moment-changing” as before that Nadal looked to be in firm control.

4^th set.

Similarly to the 3^rd set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve for most of the time. The only difference was 1 break that the Swiss conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

After this match, the head to head between Federer and Nadal is 24-16 for Rafael.

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Next Match: Roger Federer vs. Novak Djokovic – H2H and stats

Federer will square off with Djokovic in the final.

This will be the 48^th time that Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic play each other. The head to head is 25-22 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Djokovic won 7-6⁶ 5-7 7-6³ in the semifinal in Paris back in 2018.