ATP Basel: Roger Federer after victory over Stefanos Tsitsipas for the 15th time in the final
Roger Federer is in the finals of the ATP 500 tournament in Basel for the 15th time. The Swiss left Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals at 6: 4 and 6: 4 win no chance
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Oct 26, 2019, 07:08 pm
Federer , who did not have to contest the quarter-final against Stan Wawrinka due to a back injury to his compatriot, put up well against Tsitsipas and took the 3-2 from the Greek. The Maestro acted without any problems with their own service anyway - sentence one went to Swiss with 6: 4.
Federer made in the second round where he had stopped in sentence one and broke Tsitsipas to 1-0. Only at the score of 5: 4 was the Greek a breakball, the 38-year-old defended this, however, and little later turned his first match point for 6: 4 and 6: 4-success.
In the final, Federer gets to deal with Alex de Minaur. The Australian defeated Reilly Opelka in three tiebreak sets. Federer and de Minaur have never played against each other.