Federer still on winning streak

14 April 2012

Roger Federer gained another hard-fought victory over Ivan Ljubicic in the final of the Dubai Championships.

The Swiss world No1 beat his Croatian opponent 6-1, 6-7, 6-3 to complete a hattrick of Dubai titles and gain a third success this year. He has now played in 16 successive finals without losing, including last week's in Rotterdam, where he beat Ljubicic in a third-set tiebreak.

Federer's only defeat in 2005 came against Russian Marat Safin in the Australian Open semi-finals.

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