Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal to claim 88th career title Sunday Nov 01,2015

 

Roger Federer defeated his greatest rival Rafael Nadal to claim his seventh Swiss Indoors and 88th career title in Basel on Sunday Nov 01,2015

The 34-year-old Swiss survived a stern test from Nadal as the title match went all three sets, lasting little more than two hours inside the packed St. Jakobshalle. Federer won 6-3, 7-5, 6-3.

Rafael Nadal's superior head-to-head record (23–10) against Federer, however, did little to damage the 17-time Grand Slam winner's reputation in front of a raucous crowd; chanting his name, egging their meastro to play his finest game against a player, who have undermined his greatness too many times.

Swiss Indoors

The Swiss Indoors is a professional Men's Tennis Tournament played on Indoor Hard Courts

Originally an event of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit between 1970 and 1989.

It is currently part of the World Tour 500 Series of the ATP Tour

It is held annually at the St Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, in October, since 1995

Roger Federer holds the record for most singles titles, having won the tournament seven times, in 2006–2008, 2010–2011 and 2014–2015. Federer has reached the final a record twelve times (2000–2001, 2006–2015), beating Edberg's previous record of five final appearances in Basel.

Three Swiss players have won the singles title -
 

• Michel Burgener in 1972
• Jakob Hlasek in 1991 and
• Roger Federer in 2006–2008, 2010–2011 and 2014–2015.