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SPORTSMonday 2 November 2015
Federer beats Nadal in 3 sets to take Swiss Indoors title
GRAHAM DUNBAR Switzerland’s Roger Federer returns a ball to Spain’s Rafael Nadal during their final match at the on Nadal’s serve, sealed
AP Sports Writer Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015. by a forehand crosscourt
BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — winner.b The Swiss even
Roger Federer mastered Associated Press stepped up his intensity to
Rafael Nadal in their first start the second set, need-
meeting in almost two ment finals. at the net, but he was bro- have gone by a so a lot of ing just a few strokes to win
years to win the Swiss In- The Swiss Indoors, where Fe- ken at 5-5 in the second set things have happened,” the opening game.
doors final 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 on derer was once a ball boy, and Nadal forced a third. Federer said. “Definitely I Nadal again called for the
Sunday. is now the fifth tour event The old rivals had not had the right game plan trainer at a changeover, as
The top-seeded Federer he was won at least seven faced each other in a title today.” he did in a semifinal victory
ended a five-match losing times. He has eight titles at match since Nadal’s vic- Federer broke Nadal for over Richard Gasquet, and
streak against Nadal, in- the Wimbledon warm-up tory at the Rome Masters 2 a 3-2 lead, creating the had his right knee taped.
cluding the last time they tournament in Halle, Ger- ½ years ago. They last met chance with a backhand The third-seeded Span-
played for a title in May many. on court for an Australian passing shot and taking it iard saved a break point
2013. Federer dominated the first Open semifinal that Nadal with a fierce forehand win- midway through the set
“It was a very special day,” half of the match, finding won in three straight sets in ner. and soon unleashed his
said Federer, who won his the lines with his ground January 2014. Federer clinched the set best shot of the match —
hometown event for the strokes and commanding “Six hundred-plus days with four straight points stretching to fire a low fore-
seventh time. “Probably it hand winner down the line.
was my best victory here in Nadal broke for a 6-5 lead
Basel.” after Federer’s backhand
With the match finely briefly faltered, and served
poised in the deciding out the set.
set, Federer hit a series of In the deciding set, Nadal
ground strokes for winners found a stunning back-
and broke Nadal’s serve hand crosscourt winner to
for a 5-3 lead. save a break point when
Federer created his sec- trailing 2-1.
ond match point by meet- Nadal was happy with his
ing Nadal’s hard forehand week after beating Grigor
with a backhand volley Dimitrov, Marin Cilic and
winner at the net, and Gasquet to get to Federer.
clinched it when Nadal’s “It’s good news for me,”
service return flew long. said the former No. 1, who
“I lost but I was close to should now rise from No. 7.
winning, very close,” said “Today I have been very
Nadal, who still has a 23-11 competitive against one
career hold over Federer, of the best players in the
including 14-7 in tourna- world. q
Caddie opens up on Tiger Woods’ affairs in tell-all book
WELLINGTON, New Zealand friend in trouble and I was In this Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 file photo, Tiger Woods, left, of the sider quitting as Woods’
(AP) — Tiger Woods’ former going to stick by him. I did U.S. team and his former caddie Steve Williams stand on the first caddie “as I felt incredibly
caddie Steve Williams has that even though people tee during the first round of the Presidents Cup golf tournament loyal to Tiger — this was
described his anger and were accusing me of be- at Royal Melbourne Golf Course, in Melbourne, Australia. the toughest time of his life
frustration at being “hung ing an enabler, an accom- and I wasn’t going to ditch
out to dry” by Woods’ plice, saying I was lying Associated Press him.”
management when the when I stated clearly that “Tiger finally rang me on
golfer’s infidelities were re- I knew nothing about this.” ers in his group who knew frustrated and hung out March 23 (2010). He had
vealed in 2009, and says he Williams says his life be- exactly what was going on to dry, I was also in limbo already sent me an apolo-
was sometimes treated as came “absolutely miser- and management felt they about when I would next getic email when he was in
a “slave” on the course. able” as details of Woods’ couldn’t single out one work.” rehab. It was heartfelt and
A New Zealand newspa- behavior emerged and person as innocent. Angry, Williams said he didn’t con- meaningful; he was open,
per on Sunday published a people suspected he honest and remorseful
chapter of Williams’ tell-all had been aware of, or and it reinforced my think-
book “Out of the Rough” event played some part in ing that because I was so
in which the New Zealand- Woods’ affairs. straight up and had such
born caddie describes his “People in my local com- strong values, he felt he
reaction on learning of munity would front up to couldn’t tell me what was
Woods’ extramarital af- me at the shops and call going on with his affairs.”
fairs. Williams writes that me a liar to my face, and Williams said that before
he didn’t hear from his ask ‘what are you doing resuming his 13-year asso-
close friend Woods for four with him?’” Williams wrote. ciation with Woods he met
months as the golfer’s mar- “I repeatedly asked for with the golfer and pre-
riage, career and reputa- Tiger’s management to sented a list of demands.
tion fell apart. release a statement that “I wanted him to prove to
While Williams says he was would clear me of any in- me he could change his
angry to learn Woods had volvement in this lurid news. behavior and show me —
cheated on his wife Elin “They simply wouldn’t do and the game of golf —
Nordegren, “he was still a it because there were oth- more respect,” he said.q
