MADRID, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Roger Federer defeated Nicolas Kiefer in straight sets Saturday in the semifinals of the Madrid Masters Tennis Tournament in Madrid.
The scores of the match were 6-4, 6-4, giving the world’s top-ranked men’s player and native of Switzerland an 18-match winning streak, and 28 victories in his last 29 matches.
“It was very subdued and with not a lot of great shots,” Federer admitted.
“We finished a lot of points on errors, but I was ahead in the score and he had the pressure.”
Federer’s opponent in Sunday’s final will be Argentina’s David Nalbandian, a 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) winner against third-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia.
Nalbandian, the last man to beat Federer indoors at the 2005 Masters Cup final in Shanghai, broke the 11-match winning streak of Djokovic after beating three-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals.
“I wasn’t as fresh today as I could be and he deserved to win,” Djokovic said.
