Tennis: Argentine third seed David Nalbandian beat Russian sixth seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-3 6-3 2-6 6-4 on Tuesday to set up a semi-final against world number one Roger Federer at the French Open.
Nalbandian, who had never made it past the fourth round at Roland Garros, controlled the key moments of the match to win in two hours 46 minutes.
He won the first two sets in 72 minutes before he lost his way and threw away the third.
The Argentine recovered to wrap up the match on his first match point with a backhand winner.
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Nalbandian is one of the few players with a positive record against Federer, even though the Swiss beat him in the Rome Masters semi-final last month.