Fed out to Born winner
ROGER FEDERER was brushed aside by Croatia’s Borna Coric in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters.
The world No.19 produced a fierce display of power-hitting against the top seed to go through
6-4 6-4 and meet Novak Djokovic in today’s final.
Serb Djokovic stormed past German Alexander Zverev 6-2 6-1, a win which saw him take the world No.2 slot.
Swiss ace Federer (right), playing in his first ATP event since a shock
last-16 exit at the US Open, struggled against Coric’s heavy returns.
It was a second straight win over Federer for the Croat, 21, having beaten the Swiss to lift the Halle title in June.
Djokovic did not face a break point en route to a
59-minute victory as he extended his winning streak to 17 ATP matches.
He said: “I did everything I intended to do on my end.
“It’s all working and it’s been a couple of perfect matches.
“There’s a lot of positives to take from my matches this week.” MAX FACTOR: Medard and Burns FREDDIE BURNS kissed goodbye to Bath’s chances of European glory with an embarrassing blunder yesterday.
In a passage of play which will haunt him, the England international butchered not one but TWO golden chances to beat Toulouse.
First he missed a kick from slap bang in front of the sticks to win the game, three minutes from time.
Then he was so sure he had made