Federer to play qualifier Copil in ATP Swiss Indoors final

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Patna : World No 3 in ATP rankings and top seed Roger Federer, 37, Switzerland, will play qualifier and World No 93 Marius Copil, 28, Romania, in the final of Swiss Indoors, an ATP world tour 500 points event, at Basel, Switzerland, on October 28, 2018.

Eight-time winner of Swiss Indoors title Federer crushed World No 20 Daniil Medvedev, 22, Russia, 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-finals on October 27, 2018, night. Defending champion Federer fired 5 Aces in the match to none Medvedev. Medvedev committed 6 double faults to 4 by Federer, who won 5 break points though. Federer also won 9 games in a row in the match. Federer has remained unbeaten at Basel since 2013.

Copil stunned World No 5 Alexander Zverev, 21, Germany, in the semi-finals to enter the final on October 27. Copil beat Zverev in a three-set thriller 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in the semi-finals. Copil hammered 26 Aces in the match to 9 by Zverev. Copil committed 6 double faults to 9 by Zverev. Copil also won 2 break points. He also won 3 games in a row.