Holder and top seed Roger Federer beat unseeded Italian Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-1 in the Hamburg Masters on Saturday to set up a final with Spain’s Rafael Nadal for the second year.
Second seed Nadal won a magnificent three-hour semi-final battle with Novak Djokovic, beating the fast-rising Serb 7-5, 2-6, 6-2. Nadal sealed victory on his fifth match point when Djokovic netted an attempted drop shot at the end of an incredible final game lasting more than 15 minutes.
Paes-Robredo lose
In doubles, Leander Paes and Tommy Robredo went down to the second seeded pair of Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic in their semi-final 3-6, 6-3, 2-10.
In Rome, Maria Sharapova pulled out of her semi-final against Jelena Jankovic at the Italian Open with a left calf strain. Jankovic’s opponent in the final will be Alize Cornet of France, who overcame sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
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