Roger Federer hoping to reach INSANE milestone in Swiss Indoors final against Marius Copil
ROGER FEDERER admits it would be “insane” if he was to win his 99th ATP Tour title at the Swiss Indoors tomorrow.
Federer cruised into the Swiss Indoors final with a straight-sets win over Daniil Medvedev this afternoon.
He will now face Marius Copil in the final on Sunday after the Romanian caused a major upset against Alexander Zverev in his semi-final.
It will be the first meeting between Copil and Federer on the circuit, with the 37-year-old the overwhelming favourite.
Playing in front of his home crowd, Federer will be aiming to move one step closer to a huge milestone.
Victory in Basel would hand Federer his 99th ATP Tour title and ninth at the Swiss Indoors.
And the 20-time Grand Slam champion is looking forward to the possibility of moving one step closer to Jimmy Connors’ record of 109 ATP Tour titles.
“Hopefully I can deliver the same performance tomorrow,” Federer said.
“I think Medvedev had a bit tired legs.
“I‘m sure he could have challenged me more.
“Maybe I get my number 99 tomorrow, this would be insane.”
Federer has struggled of late, suffering a shock defeat in the Shanghai Masters final at the hands of Borna Coric.
His last title on the tour came at the Stuttgart Open in June - the same man he lost to in the Halle Open final.
The world No 3 has already committed to playing at the Paris Masters next week, with Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic also set to feature.
All three tennis stars have been handed a bye for the first round but Djokovic and Federer could meet early on after being drawn on the same half of the tournament.