Federer completes hometown hat-trick

BASEL, Switzerland: Roger Federer won his hometown tournament for a record third straight year on Sunday by beating Argentine second seed David Nalbandian 6-3, 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors final.

The world No 2 broke Nalbandian once in each set, easing through a one-sided encounter to maintain his dominance at the tournament where he once worked as a ballboy.

Nalbandian came into the match with a relatively impressive record of eight wins from 17 previous meetings with the Swiss 13-time Grand Slam champion, but never looked likely to celebrate a ninth victory on Sunday.