Roger Federer won the 2010 ATP World Tour title after defeating World no. 1 and arch-rival Rafael Nadal 6 - 3, 3 - 6, 6 - 1 at the O2 Arena in London.
Federer ended an average-by-his-standard tennis season with a win the same way he opened it with a major title - the Australian Open grand slam crown in January.
In between, he lost his grand-slam semis streak in the French Open, lost in the quarterfinals of his favorite Wimbledon, lost in the semis in the US Open and another finals lost to Nadal in the Madrid Masters in May.
Even though Nadal is only his his first ATP world tour final played in hardcourts & needed to work harder to get past Andy Murray in the semis, Federer's great win in 2010 ATP World Tour finals displayed a fine form that can do wonders for Roger (and his confidence against Nadal) going to next season and aspiring to reclaim the no. 1 ranking in the Tennis world.
via [ESPN Tennis]
