Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts as he celebrates winning the ATP World Tour singles final. Photo / AP
Roger Federer held off a resilient Jo-Wilfried Tsonga today to win a record sixth ATP World Tour Finals title with a 6-3, 7-6 (6), 6-3 victory at the season-ending tournament.
Federer failed to serve out the match at 5-4 in the second set and then wasted a match point in the tiebreaker as Tsonga threatened to stage another improbable comeback against the former No. 1.
Tsonga became the first player to rally from a two-set deficit to beat Federer in a Grand Slam tournament in this year's Wimbledon quarterfinals, but the hard-serving Frenchman couldn't pull off another surprise this time.
Playing in his 100th career final, Federer broke for a 5-3 lead in the decider and served out the match to love, sealing his 70th career title with an easy volley.
- AP
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