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 | Federer with a convincing start at the home tournament22-10-2013 |
Roger Federer began his participation in the tournament in his native Basel with a convincing victory over the Frenchman Adrian Manarinyo with 6-4, 6-2.
The Swiss maestro needs a strong performance this week to increase his chances of ranking of the World Cup final round and sixth title from Basel in practice will provide part of the final tournament in London.
The 32-year-old Federer won 10 of the last 12 games of the match to reach the success after only an hour and 11 minutes.
I think it was a pretty good performance for the first round. I had some good moments and some bad. I fought and stayed positive throughout. I did not stop being aggressive and I want to play all week, "said the winner of 17 Grand Slam titles after the game. In the second round he will meet Denis Istomin or Horacio Sebayos.