Roger Federer on Saturday night the final of the ATP World Tour Finals by defeating met in a thriller Stan Wawrinka.
The Swiss Federer (33) and Wawrinka (29) made a great party at the O2 Arena in London. The older of the two was ended in three sets too strong: 4-6 7-5 7-6 (6)
Federer managed to work in the third set four match points away
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It is the ninth time that the number two in the world final of the prestigious year-end tournament. retrieves He is a record for the number of final victories with six.
Federer exceeds Sunday defending champion Novak Djokovic in the final. The Serb reached earlier in the day before the final battle in London by getting rid of the Japanese Kei Nishikori in three sets:. 6-1 3-6 and 6-0
Convincing
Wawrinka showed his best tennis against Federer won the first set convincingly 6-4 . He seemed to put that line and also draw the second act towards him, but Federer fought back.
The 17-time Grand Slam winner broke at the end of the second set by the storage of Wawrinka and won a decisive third set off.
In the third set when Federer seemed the best out there. Wawrinka took a break lead and held hose. However, the number four in the world had the necessary effort to serve the party. At 5-4 he had three match points, but he failed to get a winning edge.
Federer broke back and had to be the party decided in the tiebreak. It Wawrinka got a new match point at 6-5, but Federer also worked that way, and then won the tiebreak 8-6.
Djokovic finalist at World Tour Finals after victory over Nishikori
By: NU.nl/ANP
Picture: Reuters
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