Top seed Roger Federer carries a 35-match win streak against Germans into his Sunday final at the Stockholm Open when he faces what will surely be a nervous challenge from Florian Mayer. The powerful Swiss number two put himself into position for a 64th trophy as he defeated longtime rival Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 in their semi-final.
Mayer, ranked 47th and without a title, will play his third career final after a fighting 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7/3) defeat of Finn Jarkko Nieminen.
Top seed Swiss-German Federer last lost to a German player when Nicolas Kiefer beat him in Halle in June, 2002. Federer will be trying to lift a trophy in an 18th different country as he plays in Scandinavia for the first time in a decade.
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