Federer beats Copil to win 99th career title in Basel


  • Tennis
  • Monday, 29 Oct 2018

Tennis - ATP 500 - Basel Open - St. Jakobshalle, Basel, Switzerland - October 28, 2018 Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates winning with the trophy REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

(Reuters) - World number three Roger Federer beat Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 7-6(5) 6-4 to win the Swiss Indoors on Sunday and claim his 99th career title in front of his home crowd in Basel.

Federer began the year by winning the Australian Open and his ninth Basel title was his fourth of the season but the first since his victory in Stuttgart in June.

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