Del Potro News
Juan Martin del Potro-Gilles Simon match suspended due to darkness.
The 20-year-old American needed four match points to finish off Argentina`s del Potro, the latest seed to fall in a tournament that saw top seed and defending champion Jack Sock, sixth-seeded John Isner and ninth-seeded Milos Raonic beaten on Wednesday.
Isner pushed on towards a Tour finals spot on Friday when he made it through to the semifinals of the Paris Masters with a 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 win against Argentine Del Potro as the tournament was hit by the withdrawal of Nadal.
The 13th-seeded Del Potro needed just an hour and two minutes to register a 6-2, 6-2 win over the Portuguese.
Federer displayed some rare flashes of temper as he battled past Argentina's Del Potro 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-3 for an eighth Swiss Indoors title in front of a partisan Basel crowd on Sunday
While Del Potro beat defending champion Cilic 6-4, 6-4, Federer swatted aside Goffin 6-1, 6-2 to set up the title clash.
Juan Martin del Potro's quest for an unlikely spot in the ATP World Tour Finals gathered pace as he beat Portugal's Joao Sousa in his opening match at the Swiss Indoors on Wednesday.
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