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Federer wins 10th Basel title

Roger Federer won his 10th Swiss Indoors Basel title, defeating Alex De Minaur 6-2, 6-2 to secure what the Swiss legend described as "an unbelievable" success at the home-town tournament.

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Resurgent Federer excited by prospects for 2012

Roger Federer says he is “very excited” about his prospects for next year after finishing 2011 riding a wave of optimism and with the mental scars of some painful defeats apparently healed. The Swiss won his last grand slam title at the 2010 Australian Open and was overshadowed by Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and to a lesser degree Andy Murray this year but after winning a record sixth ATP World Tour Finals title on Sunday, he looks primed for a new...

Federer wins record 6th title at World Tour Finals

Roger Federer has become the first player to win six titles at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. The fourth-seeded Swiss won his 70th tour-level trophy in his 100th final on Sunday after he defeated sixth seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3, in two hours and 19 minutes, to become the oldest titlist at the year-end championship. The 30-year-old Federer, who won all five matches he played this week, at The O2 in London, picked up...

Federer beats Ferrer to reach 100th final, Aims for 6th year-end title

Roger Federer reached the 100th tour-level final of his career to guarantee he will finish in the Top 3 of the year-end South African Airways ATP Rankings for a ninth straight season. Third seed Federer beat fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer 7-5, 6-3 at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for a place in his seventh year-end championship final. It was Federer's 806th win, which draws him level with his childhood idol, Stefan Edberg, at...

Federer beats Fish, Finishes Group B with perfect record

Roger Federer completed Group B play with a perfect 3-0 record on Thursday after beating eighth seed Mardy Fish 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Federer hit 28 winners and won 10 of his 12 net points to improve to 14-0 indoors this year. Fish committed 32 unforced errors in the pair's eighth meeting (Federer 7-1), which lasted one hour and 49 minutes. "The first set wasn't as one sided as the score suggested, and the second...

Federer stuns Nadal, Qualifies for SFs

Five time titlist and defending champion Roger Federer qualified for the semi-finals at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-0 victory over his great rival, second seed Rafael Nadal. Federer won his first match over Nadal since last year's final at the year-end championship, by hitting 28 winners to four in a 62-minute win. It was their fifth meeting in England. Nadal leads 17-9 in their series. "It was a great match for...

Federer receives two ATP World Tour Awards

Roger Federer was honoured in a special, on-court presentation Monday at The O2, as the winner of the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award and ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite presented by RICOH in the 2011 ATP World Tour Awards. The 30-year-old Swiss accepted his two trophies, crafted by Tipperary Crystal, from ATP Executive Chairman & President Adam Helfant and RICOH Europe’s Director of Corporate Communications Javier Diez-Aguirre. “Many...

Federer starts title defence with Tsonga win

Five-time champion Roger Federer began his title defence at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the first round-robin match of Group B at The O2 in London. Making his 10th straight appearance at the season finale, Federer improved to a 35-7 event record with his sixth win in 10 meetings against Tsonga. Seven days ago, Federer also beat Tsonga in the BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris. "I...

Federer targets record in London

Roger Federer will aim to finish an off key year on a high note by winning a record sixth title at the ATP World Tour finals which start on Sunday at London’s O2 Arena, a venue more famous for staging the biggest acts in the music business. The world number four, who opens round robin action in the defence of his crown on day one against dangerous Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, is level in the season-ending tournament’s roll of honour with Ivan Lendl...

Roger Federer: The Renaissance Man

Defending Barclays ATP World Tour Finals champion Roger Federer often makes success look easy, embracing and excelling in his roles as player, family man, philanthropist, ambassador and global celebrity. Earlier this year a major poll was carried out to discover which global celebrities were most respected, admired and trusted. Unsurprisingly, it was Nelson Mandela who topped the list. But guess who was in second place? It wasn’t anyone...

2011 World Tour Finals groupings announced

The ATP World Tour Finals will start this coming Sunday. Roger, defending champion and five time winner of the tournament, is in Group B together with Rafael Nadal, finalist in 2010, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Roger's last opponent in Paris-Bercy as well as Mardy Fish. The players competing in Group A are Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, David Ferrer and Tomas Berdych. Roger will start the round robin match on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 pm against ...

Roger and the Lindt bear

At the opening of the LINDT Chocolateria in Kilchberg on 14 November, Roger signed five LINDT bears made of fine bone china, one of which can be exclusively auctioned here. The money will be entirely donated to the Swiss charity organization “Schweizer Winterhilfe”, who has its 75th anniversary this year. The auction of the five LINDT bears signed by Roger is the kick-off for a long-term cooperation of Lindt & Sprüngli and the Roger Federer...

No sleep, no problem for Roger

Roger Federer shared that he didn’t have the best sleep coming into his first BNP Paribas Masters final, and it wasn’t just because he was anxious about winning the title at this ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament. The Swiss, a father to two-year-old twins, was given a 4am wake-up call by his daughter. “It happened many times that she wakes me up in the night this year, but I was not 25 times in the final,” he said. “I was hoping that ...

Federer clinches first Paris title

Roger Federer will take a 12-match winning streak into the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, where is the defending champion, after claiming his first BNP Paribas Masters title with a 6-1, 7-6(3) victory over sixth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga on Sunday in Paris. "I'm just really ecstatic to have played so well this week from start to finish," said Federer. "Basically from first ball struck against Adrian Mannarino all the way until the very...

Federer beats Berdych to reach Paris final

Third seed Roger Federer beat fifth seed and 2005 champion Tomas Berdych 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday for a place in his first BNP Paribas Masters final in Paris. Swiss superstar Federer, who now has 801 career match wins, advanced to his 30th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title-match (17-12 overall) with victory in 81 minutes. He will next meet either sixth-seeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the 2008 titlist, or American John Isner. "The way I...

800th victory

Roger has reached the semi-finals of the Masters in Paris-Bercy for the second time in his career thanks to a 6-3, 7-5 victory against Juan Monaco today - and has clocked up his 800th career victory on the ATP tour. "I struggled a bit today, I didn't play as well as I did in New York," Roger said afterwards. "I served really well and once you zone in it's really hard to get you out of it." Roger didn't have a good start when Monaco grabbed...

Federer defeats Gasquet for 799th win

Roger Federer defeated 16th-seeded Richard Gasquet 6-2, 6-4 Thursday in Paris to progress to the BNP Paribas Masters quarter-finals. The win marked his 799th career victory. He will look to become just the seventh player to reach 800 wins on Friday. Meeting for the 11th time, Federer broke Gasquet to begin the match. A double fault in the seventh game by the Frenchman gave the Swiss a double break advantage and he quickly closed out the set. Gasquet...

Federer beats Mannarino; Gasquet up next

Roger Federer continued his recent run of form with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over wild card Adrian Mannarino in the second round of the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris on Wednesday. "I thought it was a good match for me," said Federer. "I think Mannarino didn't play the best match, but for me it was a good way to find my way into the tournament." Federer dominated on serve, winning 90 percent of his points to advance in just 56 minutes. He is coming...

Federer focused on winning Paris title

Roger Federer admitted at the BNP Paribas Masters on Tuesday that he'd "love to win here" and add to his 17 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles. "I have attended this tournament many times and it's true I have never made it to the finals," said Federer, who reached the semi-finals last year. "For me not to make the finals here with all the success [I've had] is almost a bit disappointing, to be quite honest. Until maybe two, three years...

Federer wins historic 5th Basel title

Roger captured a record fifth title in his hometown Basel today, defeating Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3. "It's great to win at home again," said Roger. "Kei put up a good fight,. I've known ever since I hit with him as a teenager that he could have a good future. He's had some injuries but he's playing well now. It was a good match and I'm very happy for the win. I’m feeling fit and ready for more. I am hungry and fired up and that is how you want...

Roger books final spot

It took Roger 88 minutes to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6(5), 6-2 in the semi-final in Basel tonight. He is now just one more win away from a fifth home title at the Swiss Indoors. "It's always tough to play Stan," said Roger. "It's never easy. We know each other's game so well." Roger took a quick lead, breaking Wawrinka in his second service game. Wawrinka fought back, though, taking the set into a tie-breaker. It was a bit of a scare at...

Federer claims 41st win in Basel; Faces Wawrinka next

Four-time champion Roger Federer notched his 41st win at the Swiss Indoors Basel on Friday as he dismissed long-time rival Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the ATP World Tour 500 indoor event. Defeat for Roddick ended the American’s outside chances of qualifying for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Hometown hero Federer broke serve in the eighth game of the first set, capitalising on a first serve percentage of 47 per cent from...

Federer reaches quarterfinals

Roger Federer let slip his record of never losing a set (24-1) in 12 matches against Finn Jarkko Nieminen on Wednesday, when the third-seeded Swiss and four-time champion reached the Swiss Indoors Basel quarter-finals with a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory in one hour and 36 minutes. Federer looked in complete control when he won the first set in 24 minutes, hitting four aces and winning 75 per cent (12 of 16) of his service points. But Nieminen broke...

Federer named Basel's best

Roger Federer was honoured in front of his hometown crowd Tuesday, celebrated as the best player to ever compete at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Tournament Director Roger Brennwald presented the 30-year-old Swiss with a trophy bearing the names of the different nominees in the shape of the number one. Federer received 78.5 per cent of the 40,000 votes cast in the online poll, far outdistancing 2009 champion Novak Djokovic, who finished second with...

Federer opens hometown title bid

World No. 4 Roger Federer began his campaign for a fifth title at his hometown tournament, the Swiss Indoors Basel, with a 7-6(3), 6-4 win over Italian Potito Starace on Monday evening. Starace held the only break point chance of the opening set, but was unable to capitalise. The third-seeded Federer won the tie-break and immediately broke his 54th-ranked opponent to start the second set. He claimed the victory after one hour and 18 minutes,...