Switzerland's Roger Federer serves the ball to Belgium's Goffin during their final match at the Swiss Indoors ATP tennis tournament in Basel October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
PARIS (Reuters) - Roger Federer kept up his hopes of finishing the year as world number one when he downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-4 in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday.
The world number two, who has a chance of leapfrogging Novak Djokovic at the top of the rankings and equalling Pete Sampras's record of ending six seasons as the number one, knew Chardy would be a tough nut to crack and he did not disappoint at Bercy.
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