Meanwhile, favourites Australia earlier beat Olympic silver-medallists Spain 2-1 to put themselves in line for the second semi-final spot in the group.

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The Swedes will play Canada, who are the only team in Olympic history to reach the semi-finals with a perfect nine wins from their nine group matches, in Thursday's semi-final.

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Ferrer has won an ATP Tour-leading 73 matches this year, one more than Djokovic -- who will seek to clinch his semi spot in his third and final closing Group A match against sixth-ranked Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday.

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England play Australia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand in their group, with three teams qualifying for a semi-final berth.

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The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals, with the final to take place at FC Groningen's Euroborg stadium on 23 June.

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The result moves Kumar Sangakkara's men two points clear of Pakistan and New Zealand at the top of Group F and they remain in pole position for a semi-final spot.

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The tournament format sees the eight teams split into two groups of four for a round-robin stage, before the top two teams from each group progress to knock-out semi-finals and then the final on June 28.

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Pakistan, who had already booked their place in the last four before losing to Australia in their final group game, lost to New Zealand by five wickets in the Champions Trophy semi-finals, with Younus dropping the simplest of catches off batsman Grant Elliott.

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