It was dream run for me,' Federer said in his on-court acceptance speech, before his fans' ovation brought tears welling in his eyes. Jakobhalle, which now gives Basel's local hero a bigger main stage. He closed the gap on the all-time singles titles list to Jimmy Connors, who leads with 109.įederer blew kisses to a 12,000 crowd in the renovated St. 【Related】Tennis: Osaka retires with injury, Bertens reaches WTA semifinalsĪ ninth title at Federer's hometown event in Basel, where he was once a ball boy, matched the nine he has won at the Halle grass-court event in Germany.【Related】Tennis: Federer beats Simon in 3 tough sets in Swiss Indoors QFs.【Related】Tennis: Anderson wins in Vienna Nishikori 9th straight final defeat.
