Federer wins
Published:Monday | November 7, 2011 | 12:00 AM
BASEL, Switzerland (AP):
Defending champion Roger Federer beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in the Swiss Indoors final yesterday to win his first title in 10 months. The former top-ranked Swiss was emotional as he thanked his hometown fans after winning for the fifth time in six years at the event where he once worked as a ballboy.
"It's always the greatest for me to win the title here. See you next year," he said on court in Swiss-German.
Federer had a complete game on display to dominate the 32nd-ranked Japanese, who stunned top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals.
"He was too good for me today," said the 21-year-old Nishikori, who described Federer as 'my idol'. "I tried to do my best but he wouldn't let me."
Federer's 68th career title was just his second this season after he won the season-opening event in Doha, Qatar. He had not reached a title match since losing the French Open final to Rafael Nadal in June.