ROTTERDAM (Netherlands): Roger Federer celebrated his return to the top of the sector rankings through successful the Rotterdam Open on Sunday, his 97th career title.
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The 36-year-old, the oldest No.1 in historical past, thrashed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 in a one-sided final.
In the Open generation, simplest American Jimmy Connors has received more titles with 109.
"What a fantastic week," the top seed mentioned. "The goal at start of week was to make it to the semi-finals. This is absolutely amazing, I'm really pleased."
Federer, the file 20-time Grand Slam winner, will reclaim the number 1 score he remaining held in October 2012 when the brand new ATP rankings are revealed on Monday.
He has played two tournaments this 12 months and received both -- the other being January's Australian Open.
He is 3 years older than American Andre Agassi was once when up to now maintaining the file for oldest No.1 back in 2003.
This was once his third title in Rotterdam following successes in 2005 and 2012 and he now stands 12-Zero for the season.
The iconic Swiss famous person needed simply 55 mins to dispatch Dimitrov who looked to be under-cooked within the quickfire final.
Federer now stands a super 7-Zero over the Bulgarian of their head-to-head sequence.
Two breaks in keeping with set have been enough for Federer to advance to the trophy.
Federer will now decide within a couple of days whether or to not travel to Dubai for the ATP tournament starting per week from Monday.
Federer has a home and coaching base within the UAE and has received the hardcourt match seven instances.
His effort in Rotterdam gave the impression to take little out of him bodily, with his simplest loss of a collection coming within the quarter-final against Robin Haase.
ALSO READ: Roger Federer, 36, becomes oldest number one
The 36-year-old, the oldest No.1 in historical past, thrashed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 in a one-sided final.
In the Open generation, simplest American Jimmy Connors has received more titles with 109.
"What a fantastic week," the top seed mentioned. "The goal at start of week was to make it to the semi-finals. This is absolutely amazing, I'm really pleased."
Federer, the file 20-time Grand Slam winner, will reclaim the number 1 score he remaining held in October 2012 when the brand new ATP rankings are revealed on Monday.
He has played two tournaments this 12 months and received both -- the other being January's Australian Open.
He is 3 years older than American Andre Agassi was once when up to now maintaining the file for oldest No.1 back in 2003.
This was once his third title in Rotterdam following successes in 2005 and 2012 and he now stands 12-Zero for the season.
The iconic Swiss famous person needed simply 55 mins to dispatch Dimitrov who looked to be under-cooked within the quickfire final.
Federer now stands a super 7-Zero over the Bulgarian of their head-to-head sequence.
Two breaks in keeping with set have been enough for Federer to advance to the trophy.
Federer will now decide within a couple of days whether or to not travel to Dubai for the ATP tournament starting per week from Monday.
Federer has a home and coaching base within the UAE and has received the hardcourt match seven instances.
His effort in Rotterdam gave the impression to take little out of him bodily, with his simplest loss of a collection coming within the quarter-final against Robin Haase.
New World No.1 Federer wins Rotterdam for 97th title
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