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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