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BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer added another honor
to his vast collection as a 6-3, 6-4 title victory over Jarkko
Nieminen at the Swiss Indoors assured the hometown boy of a fourth
year ending as world number one on Sunday.
“It’s great to win at home
again,” said the 12-time Grand Slam champion, who also lifted the
title a year ago at the venue where he got his start as a ballboy.
“I’ve now got the number one
for another year. The crowd really helped me,” he said of 9,200 at
the St Jakobshalle. “Especially at 4-all in the second when I was
able to break Jarkko.”
Federer joins another pantheon of
greats who have earned four year-end top spots in the past: Jimmy
Connors, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras.
The superlative Swiss claimed his
ATP-leading seventh trophy of the season in 61 minutes and is now
due to play the Paris Masters next week for the first time since
2003.
The world-beater then heads the
field for the season-ending Masters Cup in Shanghai starting in a
fortnight.
 --AFP
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