Federer wins Paris Masters for 69th title

Roger Federers tough season is ending on a high, the Swiss star beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-1, 7-6 (3) on Sunday to win his first Paris Masters and 69th title of a glittering career.The 16-time Grand Slam champion had never previously reached the Paris final, but gave the sixth-seeded Frenchman limited opportunities after saving two break points in his opening service game.Ive been waiting for this for a long time, Federer said. Im really happy to have finally made it.The former number one will end the season without a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2002, and his ranking has dropped to number 4. But Federer has bounced back with venom, winning the Swiss Indoors last week and Paris.His 18th Masters title puts him one ahead of Andre Agassi and one behind all-time leader Rafael Nadal.The 30-year-old Federer heads into the eight-man ATP World Tour Finals in London next week on a 12-match winning streak.It was his third title of the season and his only Masters. Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has won five Masters this year, number 3 Andy Murray has won two, and the second-ranked Nadal has one.But with Djokovic troubled by a nagging shoulder injury, Federer will be confident of defending his title in London.Tsonga improved his serve in the second set, but Federer was simply too strong in the tiebreaker, taking victory on his third match point when Tsongas return landed out.I felt good today but Roger was just better than me today, Tsonga said. I knew I needed to play a great match if wanted to win today and I was not able to.Tsonga won the tournament in 2008 but was let down by too many unforced errors on his forehand as he tried to find a way to pressure Federer in their sixth meeting this year.
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