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SPORTS Monday 20 March 2017

Federer beats

Wawrinka for EAGLE
tying 5thIndian

Wells title SPOTTING

Roger Federer, of Switzerland,
celebrates his 6-4, 7-5 win
over Stan Wawrinka, of Swit-
zerland, in the men’s final of
the BNP Paribas Open tennis
tournament, Sunday, March
19, 2017, in Indian Wells, Calif.
Associated Press

BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP)
— Forget the comeback
talk. Roger Federer is back.
He defeated Stan Wawrin-
ka 6-4, 7-5 to win a record-
tying fifth BNP Paribas
Open title in an all-Swiss
final Sunday to go with his
record 18th Grand Slam
title at the Australian Open
in January after missing
most of last year with vari-
ous injuries.
Federer kept reminding
everyone during the ATP
Masters 1000 event that he
was “on the comeback”
and, wanting to see how
he felt, hadn’t planned be-
yond the first three months
of year
He might want to think big-
ger now.Federer tied the
tourney record of Novak
Djokovic, who lost in the Leishman fends off the field at Bay Hill
fourth round, while winning
his 90th career title, keep-
ing him third behind Jimmy
Connors and Ivan Lendl on Marc Leishman, of Australia, holds the championship trophy as his son Oliver, 3, jumps up to slap it after Leishman won the
the all-time list in the Open Arnold Palmer Invitational golf tournament in Orlando, Fla., Sunday, March 19, 2017.
era. Associated Press
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