The match lasted four hours and 26 minutes, surpassing Rafael Nadal&rsquo;s victory over Novak Djokovic at the Madrid Masters in 2009 as the longest three-set men&rsquo;s singles match in the Open era. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/aug/Roger.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 326px; " /> Roger Federer celebrates his win over Juan Martin Del Potro (below) yesterday. PicS/Getty Images Federer, who won gold in the men&rsquo;s doubles with Stanislas Wawrinka in 2008, is now guaranteed at least a silver medal, while Del Potro must recover to battle for bronze on Sunday after leaving Centre Court in tears. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/aug/Juan.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 513px; " /> Sharapova in final Meanwhile, Maria Sharapova will fight for an Olympic gold medal today after beating fellow Russian Maria Kirilenko in the women&rsquo;s singles semi-finals yesterday. The third seed, who is playing in her first Games and carried Russia&rsquo;s flag at the opening ceremony, continued her fine form on the Wimbledon grass this week to win 6-2 6-3.u00a0

Roger Federer is one victory away from his first Olympic singles gold medal after a remarkable 3-6 7-6 (7/5) 19-17 victory over Juan Martin Del Potro in the semi-finals here yesterday.

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