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Federer Beats Cilic To Sweep Into SFs

Roger Federer won't finish 2017 as the year-end No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings. But the second seed has put himself in great position to still finish his fairytale comeback season with a perfect ending. The 36-year-old Swiss won his third consecutive match at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday, dismissing fifth seed Marin Cilic 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1 to finish Group Boris Becker play 3-0. It's the 10th time Federer has ended group play unbeaten, and he'll head to Saturday's semi-final full of belief, not that he has been lacking. The six-time Nitto ATP Finals champion has reeled off 13 consecutive wins, including eight indoors, dating back to his Swiss Indoors Basel title run. This weekend, he'll be the...

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Thiem & Goffin Battle For Final SF Spot

Six days. Nine players. 24 singles matches by Friday’s end. And the fourth spot in the semi-finals of the season finale will come down to one match in Group Pete Sampras between fourth-seeded Dominic Thiem and seventh-seeded David Goffin on Friday afternoon. There will be no counting sets or games involved — the winner moves on, and the loser goes home. Both Thiem and Goffin have one victory each at this Nitto ATP Finals, and the winner between them will earn a semi-final clash against second-seeded Roger Federer, who finished with a perfect record in round-robin play on Thursday. Perhaps that is why Thiem was so excited after his victory on Wednesday evening against Pablo Carreno Busta. “I'm very happy...

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