Tennis: Basel event features all-star cast

BASEL: World number four Roger Federer will hope to again steam through the field at his home Swiss Indoors starting today. The 16-time grand slam champion, who has lifted the title at the St Jakobshalle four times in the last five editions, will play against Italian Potito Starace in the first round. The Basel field boasts an all-star cast, with world number one Novak Djokovic returning to action after five weeks away with a back problem. Also playing on late wildcard entry is world number three Andy Murray, who takes the second seeding behind Djokovic, relegating Federer to third.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 31^st,  2011.