• Belgian records first victory over Federer at seventh attempt
• Grigor Dimitrov beats Jack Sock 4-6,6-0, 6-3 in moment semi-finalRoger Federer leaves his magnificent season one match earlier than he had anticipated but it is a degree of the heights he reached in 2017 that he was not crushed by losing to David Goffin here on Saturday. The Swiss missed out on a meeting in Sunday’s final of the ATP World Tour finals with his long-time doppelganger, and Grigor Dimitrov,who in the evening session beat the rising young American Jack Sock by the eccentric margin of 4-6, 6-0, or 6-3.
Goffin,who had taken just two sets off Federer in six previous meetings, earlier beat Federer 2-6, and 6-3,6-4 in an hour and 45 minutes, becoming the first player in eight years to prevail against the two top-ranked players in the world at this tournament. Nikolay Davydenko did it to Federer and Nadal in 2009, and going on to defeat Juan Martín del Potro in the final.
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Source: guardian.co.uk