By Ashley Williams
LONDON, England (TheSportsNEXT) November 8, 2012: World number two Roger Federer of Switzerland stormed his way into semi-finals of the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals with a straight-set victory by 6-4 7-6 (7-5) over world number five David Ferrer of Spain at The O2 Arena in London on Thursday.
Roger Federer took an hour and 48 minutes to race to his second straight victory at the ATP World Tour Finals after defeating Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia the other day.
David Ferrer, however still has the chance of qualifying but he will have to defeat Janko Tipsarevic with an outright margin in his last match of the round-robin stage.
Roger Federer withstood a strong challenge by David Ferrer in both sets but used his experience and sheer talent to see off the Spaniard as the Swiss tennis maestro hit four aces.
David Ferrer didn’t hit even a single ace during the match but outscored his Swiss opponent in double faults as he committed five unformed errors as against Federer’s three.
Roger Federer still has one match up his sleeves before the semi-finals and that is against Juan Martin del Potro who recently defeated him in the title match.
The season-ending ATP World Tour Finals has been a happy-hunting tournament for Roger Federer as he has won the title six times and it would prove a different-ball game altogether against the Argentinean top player.
Juan Martin del Potro and David Ferrer will be fighting for the other qualification spot from Group B while Janko Tipsarevic also holds a good chance if he beats the above-mentioned players in his remaining last two matches.
The Group B is getting interesting with each match as Roger Federer has already book himself a place in the last-four, as expected, and all the other three players have a realistic chance of joining the Swiss from Group B.
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