Rafael Nadal beat Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6(7) to reach his first career final at the Swiss Indoors on Saturday and knock the Frenchman out of the race for the World Tour Finals.
The win by the Spanish third seed also settled the field for the eight-man season wrap-up in London from November 15, with Japan's Kei Nishikori and David Ferrer of Spain taking the last two spots.
Federer, Nadal, World No. 1 Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Stan Wawrinka and Tomas Berdych make up the World Tour Finals field.
Earlier in the quarterfinals , top seed and six-time champion Roger Federer held off David Goffin 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 to win a re-run of his 2014 final victory over the Belgian.
In another last-eight clash, Nadal, the third seed, scored a hard-fought 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 victory over Marin Cilic, his third three-set victory this week.
The results:
Semifinals: Rafael Nadal bt Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6(7).
Quarterfinals: Roger Federer bt David Goffin 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Jack Sock bt Donald Young 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Rafael Nadal bt Marin Cilic 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.— AFP
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