World number eight Roger Federer produced another
impressive comeback to beat Tomas Berdych and win the Dubai Tennis
Championships for a sixth time.
Federer fought back from a set
down to beat Novak Djokovic for the first time in 18 months in Friday's
semi-final.
The 32-year-old needed those
powers of recovery again as he fought back from a set and a break down to beat
Berdych.
A 3-6 6-4 6-3 victory secured
the 78th tour-level title of the Swiss' career - and first for nine months.
Third seed Berdych, 28,
had won his previous encounter with Federer, in the Dubai semi-finals last year, and the
Czech looked on course for another victory when he took the first set.
Federer squandered an early
break of serve lost four games in a row from 2-1 ahead and managed to get just
40% of his first serves in.
But after saving consecutive
break points with aces in the fifth game of the second set, he stamped his
authority on the match to secure the title.
Roger Federer after nine months has won an ATP tennis tournament. He is
currently in the eight position of the world’s ranking. Roger eliminated tennis
players like Novak Djokovic (2) or Berdych (6), a good week for the Swiss’
player
Roger Federer, he doesn’t need any explanation… He is a legend. Roger
has won many tournaments but this one is not like all the other ones. Why? Because
Federer is thirty two years old and he keeps staying in the tennis world’s top.
Nowadays he is not wining as he used to,
it’s completely normal, and I suppose that are difficult times for a big player
like him. So I was glad to know about his championship victory in Dubai.
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