Federer and Djokovic will face off on Thursday in a repeat of this year's Wimbledon final to determine who else will progress from Group Bjorn Borg. In a captivating first set the players swapped a break apiece but Djokovic, a five-time ATP Finals champion, edged the tie-break. Undaunted, Thiem broke his opponent at the first opportunity in the second set and, with Djokovic's error count climbing, went on to level the match. Thiem slipped to 4-1 down but battled back to win it on his second match point when Djokovic dumped a forehand into the net. Federer stays aliveThird seed Federer had put himself under the cosh by losing his opening round-robin match to Thiem.

Source: Philippine Star November 13, 2019 02:51 UTC