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Ballon d’Or final three Switzerland’s Roger Federer returned to winning ways with a convincing straight sets victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori in the final of the Swiss Indoors championship in Basel on Sunday.
Nishikori, who stunned Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in the semi-final, stepped it up a gear in the second set but it wasn’t to be for the 21 year old as Federer proved too strong.
The 16-time Grand Slam winner eventually triumphed 6-1 6-3, clinching his first title since January.
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