Roger Federer made light work of Richard Gasquet for his first win at the ATP World Tour Finals, defeating the Frenchman 6-4, 6-3 to boost his chances of making the semifinals on Thursday. Federer needed five match points to earn his 43rd Finals win. ''It is a big win for me and hopefully I can keep it up in the next match against Juan Martin del Potro,'' Federer said. There are a lot of calculations going on in a three-way race, so hopefully it won't be that close this time.'' Federer and Gasquet both lost their opening round-robin match, against defending champion Novak Djokovic and del Potro, respectively.
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