Roger Federer defeats Mikhail Kukushkin in Swiss Indoors Basel
Thursday 29 October 2015 17:29, UK
Top seed Roger Federer breezed past Kazakhstan’s Mikhail Kukushkin with a 6-1 6-2 win in the first round of the Swiss Indoors Basel.
Federer, who is bidding for a seventh title in his home town of Basel, made short work of Kukushkin to advance to the second round.
The Swiss raced into a 5-0 lead before wrapping up the 22-minute first set, then broke in the fifth and seventh games of the second set for his 54th match win of 2015.
Federer will next challenge Philipp Kohlschreiber, who overcame 11 aces from Jerzy Janowicz in a 6-4 3-6 6-3 victory.
Earlier in the day, Grigor Dimitrov set up a second round clash against third seed Rafael Nadal after he defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-3 6-4. Nadal has a 6-0 FedEx ATP record against Dimitrov.
Eighth seed David Goffin recorded his 35th match win of the year by beating Andreas Seppi 3-6 6-4 6-4 in just over two hours.
American John Isner proved too strong for Latvia's Ernests Gulbis as he hit 17 aces on his way to a 6-3 6-4 win in their match to advance to the next round.
You can watch day three of the Swiss Indoors Basel live on Sky Sports 3 HD, with coverage from 3pm on Wednesday.
