Roger Federer wins his 1,500th ATP match in hometown Basel

Playing in his 1500th tour match, 38-year-old Roger Federer took 53 minutes to win his 21st consecutive match at Swiss Indoors Basel. Federer beat German Peter Gojowezyk 6-2, 6-1 in his hometown Basel on Monday, October 21, 2019.

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Praising opponent

Talking to press after his win, Federer summed up match as excellent. Swiss mentioned that he h a good spring in his step and was quick onto ball. Roger Federer ackwledged his opponent’s capability. He stated that Peter Gojowezyk h put on some great performances in qualifiers, and knew match would t be easy. He especially praised German’s game against Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic.

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Federer broke five times and me best of indoor conditions to improve his tally to 72-9 at ATP 500 event. At end of match, he h 34 winners to just18 unforced errors. It is safe to say that World 3 is aiming to win his 10th Basel title. Ar tournament that tennis ace has won 10 times is venti Open.

Swiss is alrey qualified to play Nitto ATP Finals for a record 17th time. Federer will next meet Dusan Lajovic of Serbia or Moldovan Ru Albot. In or matches of tournament, Australian Alex de Minaur beat Bolivia’s Hugo Dellien 6-1, 7-5. He will w face winner between American Taylor Fritz and second seed, Germany's Alexander Zverev. German is currently in seventh place in ATP Race To London. top eight contenders will compete at Nitto ATP Finals, between vember 10-17 in London.

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Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff beat Serbian Miomir Kecmavic 6-4, 6-2, and will face Swiss wild card Henri Laaksonen. Swiss defeated eighth seed Beit Paire of France 6-3, 7-5 in front of home crowd.

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