By Danielle Rossingh Nov. 28 (Bloomberg) — Roger Federer’s bid for a fifth ATP World Tour Finals title was ended by Nikolay Davydenko in the semifinals. The Russian beat the top-ranked Swiss 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 at the end-of-season tournament at London’s O2 arena . Before today’s match, the seventh-ranked Davydenko hadn’t won a set from Federer since the 2006 Australian Open. His first loss to Davydenko in 13 meetings marks the end of a season during which Federer won his first French Open and became the first man to win 15 Grand Slam singles titles when he beat Andy Roddick at Wimbledon. It was Federer’s seventh semifinal at the Tour finals in eight appearances. The 28-year-old right-hander secured the year-end No. 1 ranking by beating Britain’s Andy Murray in a group match earlier this week. That puts him alongside Pete Sampras and Jimmy Connors as the only players to end the year as No. 1 five or more times since the rankings were introduced in 1973. U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina faces Sweden’s Robin Soderling in the other semifinal later today. To contact the reporter responsible for this story: Danielle Rossingh at the O2 arena through the London sports desk at drossingh@bloomberg.net
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Federer’s Bid for Fifth Tour Title Ends With Semifinals Loss to Davydenko
