BASEL, Switzerland, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer won his match Thursday while No. 4 seed James Blake lost at the Swiss Indoors Tennis Tournament in Basel.
Federer delighted a home crowd with an easy 6-1, 6-4, win against unseeded Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.
"I came out of the blocks really fast today and he missed some shots at the start," Federer said. "It's a little bit difficult with so many family and friends here, but I am beginning to get comfortable."
The reigning U.S. Open, Wimbledon and Australian Open champion, who is the Swiss Indoor defending champion, improved to 60-7 this season in less than an hour.
Also Thursday, second-seeded Fernando Gonzalez of Chile beat Croatian qualifier Roko Karanusic, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); and fifth-seeded Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic topped native Stanislas Wawrinka, 7-5, 6-4.
Other winners were eighth-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, German Nicolas Kiefer, and Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus.
Gonzalez lost to Federer in last year's final.
