Tennis: Spain's Rafael Nadal won a Masters Cup round robin shootout with Russian Nikolay Davydenko 5-7 6-4 6-4 to set up a semi-final against world number one Roger Federer.
The world number two took an injury time-out in the deciding set but outlasted the world number three in a fascinating two-and-three-quarter hour duel punctuated with long rallies and fine winners.
Debutant Nadal, who pulled out of last year's event with injury, reached the last four despite losing to James Blake in his opening match. Last year's semi-finalist Davydenko goes home with a 1-2 record in the Gold Group.
American Blake, who plays Spain's Tommy Robredo later today, has already won the group and will meet Argentine David Nalbandian in Saturday's other semi-final. Robredo is already out of contention after two defeats.