ATP Swiss Indoors: Roger Federer cruises past David Goffin to take title for sixth time
Monday 27 October 2014 10:45, UK
Roger Federer's charge towards the world No 1 slot continued with the 33-year-old winning the Swiss Indoors final in Basle at a stroll.
Federer beat Belgium's David Goffin 6-2 6-2 in a match lasting less than 52 minutes to win his home-town tournament for a sixth time.
Federer has now won his last 12 matches on the bounce and has current world No 1 Novak Djokovic in his sights. The Swiss is fewer than 500 points behind the Serbian and the champion of next week's BNP Paribas Masters will claim 1,000 points - and a big step towards deciding which player will end the year at the top.
Federer was barely tested by his 23-year-old opponent in the St Jakobshalle, and he broke Goffin twice in each set to win at a canter.
"I'm very happy with this week and with my season," said the 17-time Grand Slam champion.
Playing well
"I'm playing well when I expect myself to. I played really well today.
"I was fresh after my fifth straight day of tennis. I'm happy I've been able to keep it up time and time again, week after week. I didn't expect this kind of a result but clearly I'll take it.
"I've had a lot of highlights this year and I'm hoping for one or two more," he added.
Goffin admitted he was outclassed and had also suffered from nerves.
"It was a nightmare for me," said the world No 28. "It was tough to play Roger at home and I didn't play my best match of the week.
"He's in great shape and playing so well. I didn't serve my best but it was still a good week for me.
"His serve is so good, you just cannot read it. I had a lot of nerves in my first ATP 500 final and playing Roger here."
