{"id":67936,"date":"2014-11-24T05:50:59","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=67936"},"modified":"2014-11-24T05:50:59","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T05:50:59","slug":"federer-leads-swiss-davis-cup-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/federer-leads-swiss-davis-cup-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer leads Swiss to Davis Cup win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Roger Federer beat Richard Gasquet to seal Switzerland’s first Davis Cup triumph, then dedicated the victory to his team-mates.<\/p>\n
The 17-time Grand Slam champion beat France’s Gasquet 6-4 6-2 6-2 to give the Swiss an unassailable 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n
“This one is for the boys,” said Federer, who was in tears at the end of the match.<\/p>\n
“This is not for me, I have won enough. I am just happy we can give everyone in our country a historic moment.”<\/p>\n
Federer and Wawrinka were involved in a row at the ATP Tour Finals in London, which the world number two later described as\u00a0“heat of the moment”.<\/p>\n
“Stan has put in so much effort over the years. He played an unbelievable weekend and that is what gave me the opportunity today,” said Federer.<\/p>\n
Federer, who\u00a0lost his singles rubber to Gael Monfils on Friday,played an inspired match as he crushed Gasquet, who replaced Tsonga due to an arm injury.<\/p>\n
In front of a passionate crowd of 27,448 –\u00a0a world record\u00a0for a competitive tennis match – Federer dropped only four points on his imperious serve in the opening set, which he sealed with a whipping forehand winner.<\/p>\n
World number 26 Gasquet dropped serve in the first and seventh games of the second set, which Federer took without conceding a single break point.<\/p>\n
He broke the Frenchman twice in the final set to serve for the match and claimed victory with a deft backhand drop shot – collapsing in tears onto the clay at the Stade Pierre-Mauroyto.<\/p>\n
The Swiss win comes a week after Federer pulled out of the Tour Finals title match against Novak Djokovic at the O2 in London\u00a0to protect a back injury.<\/p>\n
Roger Federer beat Richard Gasquet to seal Switzerland’s first Davis Cup triumph, then dedicated the victory to his team-mates. The 17-time Grand Slam champion beat France’s Gasquet 6-4 6-2 6-2 to give the Swiss an unassailable 3-1 lead. “This one is for the boys,” said Federer, who was in tears at the end of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":67937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[3,31],"yoast_head":"\n