Roger Federer delighted a capacity crowd to ease past wildcard Frances Tiafoe 6-1 6-3 in his first round match at the Swiss Indoors in his home town of Basel on Tuesday.
The Swiss streaked away with the opening set and although he was made to work a little harder in the second he was never seriously troubled by the American youngster.
The 35-year-old world number two, trying to chase down the absent Rafael Nadal for the end-of-year number one ranking, will face Frenchman Benoit Paire in the second round.
Federer is trying to win his home tournament for an eighth time, having missed it last year while he recovered from injury.
Third seed David Goffin of Belgium, battling for a place in the ATP World Tour Finals, began with a 6-2 7-5 win over German Peter Gojowczyk.
He will meet South Korean Hyeon Chung next.
Reuters/NAN.
Trending
- Breaking: Man City knocked out of Champions League by Real Madrid
- Breaking: Arsenal out of Champions League
- Alleged fraud: EFCC withdraws operatives from Yahaya Bello’s house
- Police recover day-old baby abandoned on Lagos road
- Two friends docked for allegedly flogging woman in Ibadan
- Abuja court gives EFCC go-ahead to arrest ex-Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello
- Bello Vs EFCC: Confusion as court of coordinate jurisdiction flouts restraining order
- Alleged N150m bribery: Court admits documents in evidence against oil magnate, Akindele