Federer beats Nishikori to win Swiss Indoors title

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Federer beats Nishikori to win Swiss Indoors title

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Federer ended his 10-month trophy drought by beating Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 in Swiss Indoors final.

07 November,2011 04:03 am

Roger Federer returned to winning mode ten months after his last title as the home tennis hero schooled Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 to win a fifth Swiss Indoors title on Sunday.Federer 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.Its always the greatest for me to win the title here. See you next year, he said on court in Swiss-German.Federer showed the full range of his shot-making to school the 32nd-ranked Japanese, who stunned top-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.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 wouldnt let me.Federers 68th career title was just his second this season.He won the season-opening event in Doha, Qatar, and had not reached a final since losing in the French Open to Rafael Nadal in June.Now ranked No. 4 at age 30, Federer was playing his first event as a player ranked outside the top three since he won his first Wimbledon title in 2003.