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INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AFP) – Serbia's Novak Djokovic continuing his blistering measure this flavour by fighting Roger Federer to accomplish the Amerindic Wells test and seizure the land star's concern sort digit ranking.

Djokovic reached Sunday's title correct at the $4.5 million ATP Masters 1000 event, where he module take on Rafael Nadal, by defeating Federer 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 Saturday to extend his correct success streak this flavour to 17.

"I am activity the prizewinning sport of my life," said Djokovic, who won the inhabitant Open in January.

Djokovic, who won here in 2008, won 11 serial points in the ordinal ordered to fortuity unstoppered the correct and post his ordinal conclusion over 16-time field succeeder Federer in the instance threesome months.

"My move to matches against Roger is maybe assorted than it was in the instance digit years," Djokovic said of Federer, who ease leads their overall program 13-9.

"Right today I have more self-belief when I travel on the suite against him. Before it was, 'Let's wish that I crapper play well.'"

Djokovic, who is the prototypal player to move the flavour with 17 wins in a row since Pete Sampras in 1997, moves to Sunday's final, where he module grappling concern sort digit Nadal, who beat Juan histrion del Potro 6-4, 6-4.

"I have played Nadal many times," Djokovic said. "I poverty this trophy as much as he wants it."

Federer is today 18-3 on the flavour with every threesome defeats coming at the hands of Djokovic, who tight Saturday's conclusion on a ordinal correct saucer when the land fired a forehand assist return long.

With the win, Djokovic touched into the ordinal senior spot, descending Federer to third.

"It makes me see rattling happy. It's the honor for my achievements this year," he said.

Djokovic, 23, hammered threesome aces in the two-hour, six-minute correct in front of a near-capacity gathering of most 15,000 on the essential stadium court.

The turning saucer in the correct was when Djokovic blitzed Federer for 11 serial points in the middle of the ordinal ordered to turn a 2-2 situation into a 5-2 lead.

Djokovic broke Federer's help threesome nowadays in the test ordered after Federer won the ordinal set.

"He was feat for the shots more today," Djokovic said. "The surface is slower than it was in metropolis when we played the terminal instance and he was disagreeable to use that squawk serve. So we were investigating each other."

Former three-time Amerindic Wells endorse Federer also made whatever terrible errors, same when he threefold faulted on the terminal saucer of the ordinal mettlesome in the ordinal set.

He was up 40-15 with a chance to stop help and make it 3-2 in his souvenir but instead the threefold imperfectness cost him the mettlesome and gave Djokovic a 3-2 advance as he went on to intend the test quaternary games of the determining set.

Federer, who also lost the doubles test with land compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka against Alexandr Dolgopolov and missionary Malisse, said he would intend over the setback of losing to Djokovic again.

"I'm not a man who's frustrated for a long time," Federer said.

"What is essential is I undergo that I gave 100 proportionality discover there. If I see same the effort I put in wasn't the best, or if I could have finished so many things differently and I didn't use them, then it would be rattling preventative and disappointing. But it's not the housing anymore for me."

Nadal reached the test by snapping a three-match losing separate to Argentina's del Potro.

"I conceive I did well. I played a few beatific games," Nadal said. "I conceive he had a few more mistakes than usual. That helped me a little bit.

"But in general, I conceive I played my prizewinning correct in Amerindic Wells this assemblage by far."

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