Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan during their match at the Swiss Indoors ATP men's tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland October 27, 2015. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
(Reuters) - Roger Federer bounced back to form with a quick-fire win over Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan on Tuesday as he began his bid for a seventh title at his hometown tournament in Basel.
The Swiss maestro had been dumped out by Spain's unheralded Albert Ramos-Vinolas in his opening match at the Shanghai Masters last time out but recovered his poise back in Europe to power past Kukushkin 6-1 6-2 in 55 minutes.
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