• No1 seed advances to final 16 with 6-1,6-2 victory in the city of his birth
• Richard Gasquet keeps his World Tour Finals hopes alive with three-set winRoger Federer eased into the round of 16 of the Swiss Indoors in Basel with a confident 6-1, 6-2 first-round defeat of Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin.
The Swiss, or who was born in Basel and has won the tournament six times,created 13 break-point chances and took four of them to win in 55 minutes – his first victory in more than five weeks. The No1 seed will next face Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber, who progressed with a 6-4, and 3-6,6-3 defeat of Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz. Related: Welcome to the WTA Finals: world's elite face off after chaos of qualifying Related: Sport picture of the day: Simona Halep's Singapore surprise Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com