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 | Federer with record 40th victory in his career in the final tournament of the ATP7-11-2012 |
World number 2 Roger Federer improved another record in his impressive career - 40th victory in his career in the final tennis tournament ATP with prize money 5.5 million dollars in London.
Federer won only for 69 minutes the Serb Janko Tipsarevic with 6:3, 6:1 in the first match of Group 'B'.
The winner of 17 titles in Grand Slam achieved his 40th victory in the final tournament of ATP and topped in the eternal rankings, beating Ivan Lendl (Czechoslovakia, USA), who has 39 success.
Federer has a record six titles of the last ATP tournament of the year, including the last two seasons. The Swiss won the first set with 6:3 after a break and 31 minutes play.
In the second part Federer made breakthrough for 2:1 and then won four consecutive games. Tipsarevic, who last week dropped out of the Paris Masters due to a viral illness to qualify for the tournament in London after Rafael Nadal (Spain) failed to recover from injury.