Top seed Roger Federer has defeated his old rival Rafael Nadal in three sets to claim his seventh Swiss Indoors title. Federer, 34, ended a five-match losing streak against Nadal to win 6-3 5-7 6-3 in just over two hours, in their first meeting at his home ATP event in Basel. It was the 17-time Grand Slam winner’s sixth title of the season and the 88th of his career. Third seed Nadal, 29, still has a 23-11 head-to-head record against world number three Federer.

With the match finely poised in the deciding set, Federer fired a series of winning ground strokes and broke Nadal’s service for a decisive 5-3 lead. The match was the first between Federer and Nadal since the Spaniard won their Australian Open semi-final in straight sets in January 2014.

Earlier, Britain’s Jamie Murray and Australian partner John Peers were defeated in the men’s doubles final, losing 7-5 7-5 to Alexander Peya of Austria and Brazil’s Bruno Soares.

Did You Know?

• Roger Federer is currently ranked world No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals.
• Federer holds several records of the Open Era: holding the world No. 1 position for 302 weeks; winning 17 Grand Slam singles titles; reaching each Grand Slam final at least five times (an all-time record); and reaching the Wimbledon final ten times.
• He was named the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for a record four consecutive years (2005–2008).
• He also won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with his compatriot Stan Wawrinka at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and the Olympic silver medal in singles at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

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