Nadal halts Fed express to reach final
03/06/2005 - 20:47:35Roger Federer’s hopes of lifting the 2005 French Open title came to an end tonight when he was beaten by Spanish prodigy Rafael Nadal in the semi-finals.
Fourth seed Nadal, who is celebrating his 19th birthday today, looked more at home on clay as he battled to a 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-3 victory against the world number one.
He will now meet unseeded Mariano Puerto in the final after the Argentinian had earlier ousted 12th seed Nikolay Davydenko in a five-set thriller.
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