Roger Federer of Switzerland poses with the Dubai Open tennis championship trophy after beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the final on Saturday. - AFP
DUBAI: Roger Federer scored the 84th title win of his career, kept his nose in front in his personal rivalry with Novak Djokovic, and equalled his best achievement at any tournament by winning the Dubai Open for the seventh time.
The Grand Slam record-holder from Switzerland beat the world number one from Serbia 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday in a colourful victory which took Federer’s title haul here equal to those of Halle (in Germany) and Wimbledon. It also put him 20-17 up against Djokovic.
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