The World’s number 1 wins his fourth Hamburg Masters title (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007) that is his first since last march as he failed to win a title in his last four events, his worst run since he went on top of the World in February 2004.

Federer win was his first over Nadal on clay in six matches although the Spaniard leads the overall head to head series 7-4.