BASEL, Switzerland (CP) - Toronto's Daniel Nestor and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas won the Swiss Indoors doubles title Sunday while Roger Federer registered his fourth straight singles win and his first at his home event.
Nestor and Knowles defeated Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski of Poland 4-6, 6-4, 10-8 for their fifth doubles title of the year. The fourth-ranked pair in the world improved to 44-17 this season.
"Obviously we feel good, we haven't won a tournament in five months," said Nestor. "We've had a successful season but we judge ourselves on the big tournaments and we haven't done that well, so we have something to prove next year, but it's always good to win."
The match tie-break was even at 8-8 until Knowles put away a second serve from Matkowski to take the match.
"They were up a set and a break," said Nestor. "We played aggressive on the big points, no matter what the score and I think that was key."
Federer beat Chilean Fernando Gonzalez 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 (3) for his 11th title of the year.
The top-ranked Swiss star hit a forehand return for a winner on the first point of the third-set tiebreaker and cruised from there to win his hometown tournament for the first time in seven attempts.
Federer overpowered the defending champion, hitting 14 aces and breaking Gonzalez's serve three times.
"It is indeed magnificent," Federer said the event he used to work as a ball boy. "Different countries, different titles, they all have a different meaning. Winning Basel, my home tournament, it's one of those moments I'll never forget."
The final was a rematch of last week's Madrid Masters final, also won by Federer in three sets.
Federer, coming off a tough, three-set victory over Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in the semifinals, opened the match with two aces and held at love. Gonzalez matched him until the sixth game, when Federer ripped a backhand passing shot to break, yelling and pumping his fist in excitement.
Federer had five aces in taking the first set in less than 30 minutes.
It got easier from there as the 25-year-old Basel native broke the seventh-ranked Gonzalez's first two service games of the second set.
When Gonzalez finally got his first break-point opportunity in the third set, he threw his racket in despair as Federer coolly put away a volley. Gonzalez then returned long when given a second chance.
Federer won his 24th straight match, his longest streak of the year. He has never lost to Gonzalez in nine meetings.
"Today I was really unlucky to play Roger," Gonzalez said. "He's winning every week."
Federer has not lost since being upset by Andy Murray in Cincinnati in August. His record this year is 87-5 and last week he became the first player in the Open era to win 10 titles for three straight years.
He had twice previously reached the final in Basel, but lost to Thomas Enqvist in 2000 and to Tim Henman a year later. He did not play the last two years because of injuries.
Gonzalez, who has lost in the final in his last three events, is ninth in the ATP race and is vying for a place in next month's Masters Cup, which takes the top eight players.
