IMAGE: Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates his victory against Richard Gasquet of France, in Basel, on Saturday. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images
Rafael Nadal reached the final of the Swiss Indoor tournament when he beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-4, 7-6(7), in Basel, on Saturday, a result that was good news for fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.
Gasquet could still have denied Ferrer a place in the ATP World Tour Finals next month, but his defeat means Ferrer, along with Japan's Kei Nishikori, complete the eight-man line-up for the season-ending showpiece.
Nadal will face either top seed and home favourite Roger Federer or American Jack Sock in the final.
Ferrer and Nishikori join three-time defending champion and 2008 winner Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, six-time former winner Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Tomas Berdych and Nadal in London.
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