Federer eases to hometown hat-trick

Roger Federer won his hometown tournament for a record third straight year on Sunday beating Argentine second seed David Nalbandian 6-3, 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors final.

Roger Federer won his hometown tournament for a record third straight year on Sunday beating Argentine second seed David Nalbandian 6-3, 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors final.

Federer broke Nalbandian once in each set, easing through a one-sided encounter to maintain his dominance at the tournament.

Federer8217;s service game was particularly impressive with the top seed producing eight aces and dropping just seven points on serve as he wrapped up his 57th career title without handing a single break point to his opponent.

8220;I am overjoyed,8221; said Federer to rapturous applause from his home crowd.8221;I served well and played aggressively so I couldn8217;t ask for more today.8221;

The Argentine struggled to make much headway with his own serve and did well to defend five break points in his second service game.

He was unable to repeat the feat two games later however when Federer produced a forehand winner down the line to earn another break chance with Nalbandian overhitting a forehand on the next shot to finally surrender the lead.

He was broken again early in the second set by a fierce Federer backhand cross-court winner and could find no way back after that.

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8220;I would like to congratulate Roger on a great match, which was almost perfect 8212; but I think he missed one shot,8221; Nalbandian joked in an on-court interview.

Bhupathi-Knowles win

Mahesh Bhupathi and Bahamas8217;s Mark Knowles won the doubles title at the Swiss Indoor Meet in Basel, defeating the German pair of Christopher Kas and Philipp Kohlschreiber.

Bhupathi/Knowles pretty much strolled in the final, winning 6-3, 6-3. This was the pair8217;s third title together.

Murray run on

Meanwhile, Andy Murray continued his imperious run of form with a 6-1 6-1 demolition of Kazakhstan8217;s Andrey Golubev to win the St Petersburg Open on Sunday.

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The 21-year-old Scot, who won his second Masters Series title in Madrid last week, took just 56 minutes to dispatch the qualifier and win his fifth title of the year.

Murray, the defending champion, broke his opponent8217;s serve in the fourth and sixth games of the opening set which he went on to rattle off in 29 minutes.