Roger Federer claimed the seventh title of a spectacular 2017 by beating Juan Martin del Potro over three sets to win the eighth Swiss Indoors crown of his career.
Federer had to work hard on Sunday before dispatching Del Potro 6-7 6-4 6-3, making amends for two final defeats to the Argentine in Basel in 2012 and 2013.
After a thrilling contest that saw the pair share the opening two sets, a tiring Del Potro could not keep up in the deciding set and, having stolen a break in the opening game, Federer roared back to win four games in succession to set up the win.
After the match Federer confirmed he would make a late decision on his participation at next week’s Paris Masters and organisers later confirmed he would not be in the field for the final Masters 1000 event of the year, all but ending his hopes of ending the year as the world no 1.