Archive for category: ATP Basel
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Del Potro beats Federer and wins Basel 2012 title
For the full match report, click here: Del Potro vs Federer As It Happened Juan Martin del Potro beat Roger Federer in the Swiss Indoors 2012 final in Basel, winning 6-4 6-7 (5) 7-6 (3). This is the second title in just as many weeks for the Argentine, who has [...] -
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Federer to face Del Potro in Swiss Indoors Basel 2012 final
Roger Federer will take on Juan Martin Del Potro in the Basel final after both players won their respective matches in straight sets. Federer served 10 aces in a 7-5 6-4 victory over Paul-Henri Mathieu, dominating on serve and facing no break points in the whole match. Federer failed to break on his [...] -
Federer beats Paire, Mathieu defeats Dimitrov to reach Basel SFs
Roger Federer needed just 54 minutes to defeat Frenchman Benoit Paire in straight sets, dropping just one point on first serve in a dominant 6-2 6-2 victory. After both players started with holds to 15, Federer made his move taking the third break point opportunity of game 3 to take a 2-1 [...] -
Del Potro beats Anderson in Basel, plays Gasquet in semis
Juan Martin Del Potro needed to come from a set down to make the semi finals in Basel, eventually defeating Kevin Anderson 3-6 7-6(3) 6-2 in a hard fought encounter. For much of the match, Anderson was serving massive with 20 aces in total. After an early break point was saved on [...] -
Del Potro beats Baker to reach Basel QFs, Youzhny also through
Juan Martin Del Potro moves on to the quarter finals in Basel after a fairly comfortable victory over Brian Baker, winning 7-5 6-1. Baker held his own for much of the first set, dropping just three points in his first five service games but was unable to do much on [...] -
Federer defeats Bellucci to advance into Basel QFs
Roger Federer booked his place in the last 8 of the Swiss Indoors 2012 Basel tournament after beating Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci in three sets 6-3 6-7 (6) 7-5. The 17 time Grand Slam champion is aiming to win his 6th title here in Basel and the 77th career title alltogether, [...] -
Del Potro advances into round two in Basel, Mayer out
Juan Martin Del Potro fought through injury troubles to defeat Alejandro Falla in straight sets. The Vienna champion wasn’t at his best but did enough for a 6-4 6-1 victory. After Del Potro missed two break points for a 3-0 lead he was immediately punished for his wastefulness as Falla tied the match [...] -
Davydenko beats Wawrinka in first round of Basel
Nikolay Davydenko rolled back the years with an excellent performance to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets 7-6 (7) 7-6 (3). The Russian started slowly, dropping serve in his first service game, but would later show some of the form that saw him a constant in the top 10 in years [...] -
Youzhny thrashes Tomic, Baker defeats Stepanek in Basel
Mikhail Youzhny needed just 56 minutes to see off Bernard Tomic, completely dominating the Australian in 6-0 6-2 victory. An early break set the tone for the match with Youzhny breaking on his third break point. Just eight points were lost by the Russian as he bagelled Tomic in a 23 [...] -
Federer defeats Becker to advance into 2nd round in Basel
Roger Federer, defending champion and five times Swiss Indoors winner in Basel, began his title defence with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Benjamin Becker of Germany. The Swiss maestro struggled to break the German’s serve at the beginning of the first set despite having a few chances. However, Federer put [...]
