Roger Federer had to fight hard to hold off Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic on Tuesday, edging to a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win to reach the second round of the Swiss Indoors.
The eight-time champion flirted with his earliest exit in Basel since his 1998 debut as a teenager but came out on top in a nervy deciding set.
“I also knew that he was feeling the pressure, that was something I needed,” said Federer. “it was a very close win, very tough.”
Earlier, Jan-Lennard Struff ended the possibility of a rematch between Federer and his US Open conqueror John Millman by beating the Australian 7-6 (7/3), 6-2.
Krajinovic appeared to be on the way to a straight-sets loss in his first meeting with the 20-time Grand Slam winner before the…
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