Roger Federer early went to the Masters Cup semifinals

Swiss Roger Federer early became the second semi-finalist of the final tournament of the Masters CUP tennis players in Shanghai with a prize pool of 3 million 700 thousand dollars. Today, Federer won the second victory in the Golden Group - this time with a score of 6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 2 defeated Czech Irji Novak. Thus, Federer became the sole leader in the Golden Group, winning two out of two matches. Novak has a victory over Andre Agassi and one defeat.

The second victory of Federer forces Agassi at all costs to win Juan Carlos Ferrero in order to maintain the chances of continuing the struggle for first place in the ranking according to the results of the season. To become the most “elderly” first racket of the world, a 32-year-old tennis player needs to win Masters CUP, while his main competitor √ Llatyon Hughitt √ should not go to the tournament final. Moreover, if Andre admits a miss in the match with the Spaniard, he will be forced to cover the racket.

So, on Thursday, two more representatives of the Golden Group, Andre Agassi and Juan Carlos Ferrero, will first go to the Shanghai court. And after this match , Marat Safin will hold his final duel of the group tournament against Llatyon Hughitt , in which only victory is needed to continue the further struggle.