Roger Federer blitze d Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-0, 6-4 in a
ruthless victory in the Tennis Masters Cup Houston final
on Sunday.
Federer charged to the title by winning all his five
matches and for the loss of just one set (against Agassi
in his first match, when he saved two match points).After
his first round-robin match Federer dropped serve just
once.
Federer's win gave him an ATP-best seventh title of the
season. It also elevated him to No. 2 in the final ATP
Champions Race standings. The Wimbledon champion also
topped the ATP match wins table with a 78-17 win-loss
record on the year.
Federer said: "It's one of the best matches of my life.
The Masters and Wimbledon are my two favorite tournaments
, so I'm very happy."
Federer, who last year went undefeated in round-robin
play in Shanghai before losing a tough semifinal to Lleyton
Hewitt, is the first Swiss winner of a year-end championship.
He is now 8-1 lifetime at the event.
The Swiss becomes the fifth undefeated champion at the
year-end event since 1986 when the tournament re-introduced
the round-robin format. Agassi was attempting to become the
oldest year-end championship winner.
Federer raced to a 6-3, 2-0 lead after just 33 minutes
before a 2 hr., 38 min. rain delay forced players from the
court.Federer returned to win the next four games to close
out the set to love.It was the first time in 55 tournaments
dating back to 2000 Roland Garros (l to Kucera in R2) that
Agassi had been 蝽ageled.'
The win was Federer's first title on American soil and fourth
hard court title of the year. He has now won 11 career titles.
At 33 years 6 months, Agassi was the oldest finalist in a
year-end event since Arthur Ashe reached the final of the 1978
Masters in New York at the age of 35 years, 6 months.
He was hoping to win just his second title at an end-of-year
event, and his first for 13 years. He won the 1990 ATP Tour
World Championship in Frankfurt, defeating Stefan Edberg in
four sets in the final.Agassi finished the year with a 47-10
record from 13 tournaments.
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