Roger Federer celebrated his return to the top of the world rankings by winning the Rotterdam Open on Sunday, his 97th career title.<\/p>\n
The 36-year-old, the oldest No.1 in history, thrashed Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 in a one-sided final. In the Open era, only American Jimmy Connors has<\/p>\n
won more titles with 109.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a fantastic week,\u201d the top seed said. \u201cThe goal at start of week was to make it to the semi-finals. This is absolutely amazing, I\u2019m really pleased.\u201d<\/p>\n
Federer, the record 20-time Grand Slam winner, will reclaim the number one ranking he last held in October 2012 when the new ATP rankings are published on<\/p>\n
Monday. He has played two tournaments this year and won both\u2014the other being January\u2019s Australian Open.<\/p>\n
He is three years older than American Andre Agassi was when previously holding the record for oldest No.1 back in 2003. This was his third title in Rotterdam<\/p>\n
following successes in 2005 and 2012 and he now stands 12-0 for the season.<\/p>\n
The iconic Swiss star needed just 55 minutes to dispatch Dimitrov who looked to be under-cooked in the quickfire final. Federer now stands a perfect 7-0 over<\/p>\n
the Bulgarian in their head-to-head series. Two breaks per set were enough for Federer to advance to the trophy.<\/p>\n
Federer will now decide within a few days whether or not to travel to Dubai for the ATP event starting a week from Monday.<\/p>\n
Federer has a home and training base in the UAE and has won the hardcourt tournament seven times.<\/p>\n
His effort in Rotterdam appeared to take little out of him physically, with his only loss of a set coming in the quarter-final against Robin Haase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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