ATP M500 Wien, Basel

**Ti-Amie** · 10-28-2018, 10:16 AM

Kevin Anderson Singles Champion Vienna

**liam_valid** · 10-28-2018, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by Ti-Amie

Kevin Anderson Singles Champion Vienna

I was shocked this morning to discover he was 7/4 with a lot of bookies to win the match and Kei was the big favourite. I got 6-1 for the Anderson straight sets win and it was the easiest money I’ve ever made I think

**MJ2004** · 10-28-2018, 12:39 PM

Has anyone seen pictures of Roger eating pizza with the Basel ballkids? I can't find any shots from today.

**Charlie02123** · 10-28-2018, 01:09 PM

Originally Posted by suliso

Out of nowhere comes Roger to win #99

Why out of nowhere? I figure him playing and probably winning Basel is something you could set a Swiss-made watch to. It's his 9th title there.

**suliso** · 10-28-2018, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by Charlie02123

Why out of nowhere? I figure him playing and probably winning Basel is something you could set a Swiss-made watch to. It's his 9th title there.

He's been in poor form for a while and his last title was 5 months ago.

**ptmcmahon** · 10-28-2018, 01:39 PM

Basel just supersedes current form.

**mmmm8** · 10-28-2018, 02:26 PM

Roger Federer at home in ANY form is nearly a given over the players he faced (Medvedev, Copil, Struff, Krajinovic and one of his favorite punching bags, Gilles Simon)

**mmmm8** · 10-28-2018, 02:37 PM

RESULTS
Basel
Singles - Final
[1] R. Federer (SUI) d [Q] M. Copil (ROU) 76(5) 64

Doubles - Final
D. Inglot (GBR) / F. Skugor (CRO) d A. Zverev (GER) / M. Zverev (GER) 62 75

Vienna
Singles - Final
[2] Kevin Anderson (RSA) d [5] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 63 76(3)

Doubles - Final
Joe Salisbury/Neal Skupski (GBR/GBR) d. Mike Bryan/Edouard Roger-Vasselin (USA/FRA) 76(5) 63

**MJ2004** · 10-28-2018, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by MJ2004

Has anyone seen pictures of Roger eating pizza with the Basel ballkids? I can't find any shots from today.

Found some:
https://twitter.com/rogerfederer/sta...45236271669248

**mysterX** · 10-28-2018, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by mmmm8

Roger Federer at home in ANY form is nearly a given over the players he faced (Medvedev, Copil, Struff, Krajinovic and one of his favorite punching bags, Gilles Simon)

Actually Simon won the first 2 times they faced each other, in 2008 when Simon had his 15 minutes of semi-high ranking and Federer was having an off year. Roger didn't notch a win until 2011. Since then he has won 6 additional matches for a 7-2 H2H. There are other players (Kohlschreiber, Ferrer come to mind) who would better fit the punching bag label.

**JTContinental** · 10-28-2018, 09:40 PM

Fun fact: Nishikori has lost 9 finals in a row

**ptmcmahon** · 10-29-2018, 05:43 PM

Doesn't sound too fun for him!

**mmmm8** · 10-30-2018, 01:23 PM

Originally Posted by mysterX

Actually Simon won the first 2 times they faced each other, in 2008 when Simon had his 15 minutes of semi-high ranking and Federer was having an off year. Roger didn't notch a win until 2011. Since then he has won 6 additional matches for a 7-2 H2H. There are other players (Kohlschreiber, Ferrer come to mind) who would better fit the punching bag label.

I rembembered Simon's wins. I think that's WHY one Federer figured him out, he likes to beat him. That was my motivation for that moniker, although Federer does have them on rotation.