Roger Federer finally wins another title!

CHAMPION: When Roger Federer kicked off the 2011 season with a win at the tournament in Qatar, his rabid fans – like me – were confident that he had regained the kind of form that won him a record 16 grand slam singles titles.

But it has been nine long months since then and we have watched our Roger drop down to number four in the world as Novak Djokovic has ascended to world domination.

So it is so sweet to see that Federer has won the Swiss Indoors title in Basel for the fifth time in six years. He beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 6-3 – the day after the Japanese player upset Djokovic in the semifinals.

Federer was playing his first event as a player ranked outside the top three since he won his first Wimbledon title in 2003.

The win was the 68th title of the Swiss superstar’s illustrious career. He now heads to the Paris Masters which starts Monday without second-ranked Rafael Nadal, and doubts over Djokovic’s fitness.

“I have never been able to win there,” Federer said. “I am hungry and fired up and that is how you want to be at this stage of the season.”