Roger Federer will face Rafael Nadal in a final for the first time in 2 ½ years on Sunday.<br />The tennis greats both had straight-sets wins Saturday to set up a Swiss Indoors title match that is their first on-court meeting since January 2014, and first final since May 2013.<br />For extra emotion, the 34th chapter in their great rivalry is at Federer's hometown tournament where Nadal has never faced the local hero, who was once a ball boy here.<br />"It's fantastic for the fans, for the tournament ... and for both of us," said the top-seeded Federer, after easing to a 6-3, 6-4 win against unseeded American Jack Sock in the semifinals.<br />Earlier, the third-seeded Nadal played his best tennis of the week in beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-4, 7-6 .
