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Sunday, Jun 29, 2025
The only other Italians to qualify for the elite season-ender were Corrado Barazzutti in 1978 and Adriano Panatta in 1975 and neither managed to win a match.
Federer and Djokovic will face off on Thursday in a repeat of this year's Wimbledon final to determine who else will progress from Group Bjorn Borg.
Fittingly the London era ended as it began with a Russian winner after Nikolay Davydenko took the 2009 title.
Rafael Nadal's dream of a first ATP Finals title and Novak Djokovic's quest for a record-equalling sixth vanished in defeats by Daniil Medvedev and Dominic Thiem in two seismic semifinals.
The 27-year-old Austrian appeared to be sliding to defeat when he trailed 0-4 in the third-set tie-break but stormed back to claim a 7-5, 6-7(10), 7-6(5) victory in just under three hours.
World No. 1 Novak Djokovic beat Alexander Zverev 6-3, 7-6(4) to seal a last-four spot.
The Spaniard beat defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the last round-robin match in the London Group.
The Russian was ice cool as he closed out victory to make it two wins from two in the group and guarantee a semifinal berth.
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