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Roger books final spot

05.11.2011 | Tennis, Starseite 1

It took Roger 88 minutes to defeat Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6(5), 6-2 in the semi-final in Basel tonight. He is now just one more win away from a fifth home title at the Swiss Indoors.

"It's always tough to play Stan," said Roger. "It's never easy. We know each other's game so well."

Roger took a quick lead, breaking Wawrinka in his second service game. Wawrinka fought back, though, taking the set into a tie-breaker. It was a bit of a scare at times, but our champ eventually won the tie-break 7-5. He left no doubts in the second set and wrapped up the match on his second match-ball.

Roger will face Kei Nishikori (ATP 32) in Sunday's final. The Japanese knocked Novak Djokovic out of the tournament today with an impressive performance.

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rulos

11/06/2011 | 05:14 PM

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Congrats Rog!!
It is incredible to watch you play like today!!.... The game is just not the same when you are not playing, regardles of weather you win or not, your style and skills are un matched and it makes waching tennis so much more exiting!!

Good luck in Paris and London!,

CJM

11/06/2011 | 05:12 PM

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That was flawless Roger, congratulations! Nishikori is one to watch for the future, he played very well. Lovely to see you with trophy in hand and tears of joy in your eyes. I think there are 9 million and more fans, myself included with crying along with you. Thank you for playing such a wonderful game, enjoy your pizza with the ball boys and girls this evening, that must be an unforgetable experience for them. Expecting good things from you in Paris, you are playing so well. Good luck!

Amolkeskar

11/06/2011 | 05:10 PM