The ATP stop in Basel begins play Tuesday with world No. 1
Roger Federer seeking his first title in the town of his berth. Federer, who is a former ball boy at Basel, is seeking an 11th title of 2004.
Past winners at the Swiss Indoors have included No. 1s Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras and Stefan Edberg.
Scheduled for Tuesday in Basel are Novak vs. Florian "Oscar" Mayer, (5) Robredo vs. (WC) Wawrinka, Paradorn "The Thai Fighter" Srichaphan vs. Stefan "Tony" Koubek, (1) Federer vs. the hot-handed Luis "Me So" Horna, Dent vs. (WC) Ivo "I Used to Date Hingis" Heuberger, (Q) D.Norman vs. reigning French Open champ (3) Gaudio, and Hanescu vs. Zabaleta.
