Tennis: Federer, Del Potro clash for Rotterdam title

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Federer beats Davydenko to reach World Indoor Tournament final.

19 February,2012 11:48 am

Top seed Roger Federer battled past Russian Nikolay Davydenko in an entertaining 4-6 6-3 6-4 triumph on Saturday (February 18) to reach the World Indoor Tournament final.The Swiss former world number one now faces third seed Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina who brushed aside second-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych 6-3 6-1 in Saturdays first semi-final.Federer, who has admitted struggling with the surface and his rhythm, recovered after losing the first set having beenbroken in the ninth game and early in the second set.Davydenko dominated from the baseline using his powerful forehand but dropped his serve in the sixth game of the second with Federer taking four straight games to force a decider.Davydenko wasted four break points in the third set while Federer, whose serve was never convincing, failed to take sixchances before finally breaking to love to settle the match.