LONDON — Every time Roger Federer steps onto the court, another milestone seems to be within grasp.
He seized another one Saturday, reaching his 100th career final by beating David Ferrer 7-5, 6-3 in the semifinals of the ATP World Tour Finals. Federer could add a couple of more today. He’s in position to win his 70th title overall and a record sixth at the season-ending tournament for the world’s top eight players.
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic 6-3, 7-5 in the late match, putting the sixth-seeded Frenchman into the ATP final for the first time, in only his second appearance.
The victory over Ferrer sent Federer past Andy Murray to No. 3 in the year-end rankings, trailing No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.
Ireland leading World Cup
HAINAN, China — Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will head into the final round of the World Cup with a two-stroke lead after a convincing performance for Ireland.
The Irish duo made eight birdies in fourballs to finish the third round with an 8-under-par 64, and a 21-under total of 195. However, the second-ranked McIlroy and 2010 U.S. Open champion McDowell will be unable to rest easy today with Germany, South Africa and the United States tied for second at 197.
• K.T. Kim played steadily over the back nine, shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead over Bubba Watson into the final round of the Australian PGA in Coolum.
Kim, who played for the losing International side at the Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne last week, had a 54-hole total of 13-under 203. Watson shot a 69.
• South Africa’s Hennie Otto shot a 7-under 65 and took a three-shot lead after three rounds of the South African Open in Johannesburg.
Germans 1-2 in luge opener
IGLS, Austria — Olympic luge champion Tatjana Huefner beat Anke Wischnewski in a 1-2 German finish at the season- opening women’s World Cup luge race.
Alex Gough of Canada was another 0.074 back in third and former world champion Erin Hamlin of the U.S. was seventh, 0.574 behind Huefner.
• Dutchman Jan Smeekens won the 500 meters and countryman Sven Kramer took the 5,000 at a World Cup speedskating event in Astana, Kazakhstan.
In the women’s races, Germany’s Jenny Wolf won the 500 in 37.984, and Canada’s Christine Nesbitt took the 1,500 in 1:56.10.
• Norwegian Olympic champions Petter Northug and Marit Bjoergen won freestyle races in a World Cup cross country meet in Kuusamo, Finland.
• Germany’s Tino Edelmann won a nordic combined World Cup event in Kuusamo after strong wind prevented the ski jump from being held.
Footnotes.
Formula One champion Sebastian Vettel set the record for most poles in a season, capturing his 15th at the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo to break Nigel Mansell‘s 19-year record.
• At least six members of the Etoile Filante soccer club were killed in Togo and another 28 people critically injured after their bus plunged into a ravine near the city of Atakpame and caught fire.
The Associated Press
This article has been corrected in this online archive. Originally, due to an error by The Associated Press, it was reported that members of the Togo soccer team rather than the Etoile Filante soccer club were killed in the bus crash near Atakpame.
