Tsitsipas eclipses Federer to set up Thiem showdown

LONDON - Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem have both donned regulation grey Adidas shirts this week but their technicolor games will light up the O2 Arena in the ATP Finals climax on Sunday.

It will be only the third time since 2002 that at least one of Federer, Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic have not reached the final and while it may not signal a changing of the guard, the week has felt like a momentum shift for the new generation. World number three Federer, 17 years older than his opponent, was unusually profligate when his chances came along, failing to convert his first 10 break points.

Even at the death Federer looked as though he might turn it around as Tsitsipas wobbled briefly when serving for the match.“I’m proud of myself, how hard I fought today, how concentrated I stayed in the breakpoints,” Tsitsipas, who also stunned Federer at the Australian Open, said. Federer was 0-40 up when Tsitsipas served at 4-2 but let his man off the hook but the crux of the match came when Tsitsipas served for the opening set at 5-3.

Looking rattled Federer dropped serve to love early in the second set with a flurry of errors but hit back immediately to finally convert a break point.

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