Borna Coric stuns Federer in Shanghai, faces Djokovic in final

Croatia's Borna Coric produced a masterful display of power-hitting to stun holder Roger Federer6-4, 6-4 in the Shanghai Masters on Saturdayand book a final against Novak Djokovic.

Coric was quick out of the blocks at the Qi Zhong Stadium as he broke in the opening game against the top seed in China and only lost five points on serve to clinch the first set in 34 minutes.

Federer, competing in his first ATP tournament since a shock last-16 exit at the USOpen, struggled for control against Coric's bludgeoning returns as the 13th seeded Croat clinched another early break to reach his first ATP Masters final.

The 21-year-old got his second straight win overFederer, having beaten the Swiss to lift the Halle title in June.

Coric, world-ranked 19th, will face one of his toughest tests of the season against Djokovic in Sunday's showpiece.

Three-time Shanghai Open winner Djokovic stormed past German Alexander Zverev 6-2, 6-1 in Saturday's earlier semi and claimed the world number two ranking fromFederer.

Djokovic did not face a break point en route to a 59-minute victory as he extended his winning streak to 17 ATP matches.

Second seed Djokovic, who has returned to his brutal best this season with Grand Slam wins at Wimbledon and the US Open will surpassFedereras world number two when the next edition of the ATP rankings are released on Monday.