The Swiss won in the final of the tournament to his compatriot, Stan Wawrinka, with partial of 6-4 and 7-5.
Roger Federer won his 90th title in the ATP.
Roger Federer won his fifth crown at Indian Wells, the first Masters 1000 of the season, winning 6-4 7-5 in an hour and 20 minutes to compatriot Stan Wawrinka. With this victory, Federer ascends to the sixth place in the ranking of the ATP and equals the Serbian Novak Djokovic like the tennis players with greater number of trophies in Californian desert.
Federer, who came to the duel without having given up a single set or having suffered a break during the championship, adds his title number 25 in a Masters 1000. The tennis player is in a moment of unbeatable form, with a mark of 13 -1 this season and 6-0 against Top 10 players.
Before the 17,382 spectators that gathered in the central track of Indain Wells, the clash saw a duel of you to you in the first games, with an unquestionable solvency from the sharp service of both and a speed of cruise (was used 18 minutes In the first seven games).
Thus, at full speed, is how they came to the track both tennis players, who did not give any option to break the serve until 5-4 in favor of Federer, who knew how to take advantage of the first serious error of his opponent. Wawrinka paid dearly and, in the exchange of blows, sent the ball out so that his rival took the set in 29 minutes.
Wawrinka was not intimidated and started the second round with a break, the first Federer suffered in the current edition of Indian Wells, and consolidating his service (0-2), but this served as a motivation for the genius of Basel, who Resurfaced and regained the lead.
With a game in white was placed 5-4 (it was managed in a minute and 19 seconds) and the first time he had to take the match, he pulled the loop and did not let it escape.
Wawrinka has a record of 20 losses and 3 wins against Federer. Those three victories always came on clay. In fact, the mark is 15-0 on hard courts. He has previously lost twice to Federer in Indian Wells cement (Quarterfinal in 2011 and Round of 16 in 2013).
With this result, Federer, 35, becomes the oldest veteran winner in Indian Wells to beat Jimmy Connors, who was 31 years and five months old when he beat Frenchman Yannick Noah in 1984.
