Roger Federer defeats Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 to win the Rotterdam Championship

Notes:

-Two days after securing a return to the top spot in the ATP Rankings, Roger Federer notched his 97th tour-level trophy on the indoor hard courts of Rotterdam. 
-Federer won a record third Rotterdam title, having previously triumphed in 2005, defeating his current coach Ivan Ljubicic, and in 2012 with victory over Juan Martin del Potro.
-On Monday, the Swiss will return to World No. 1 in the ATP Rankings for the first time since 2012.
-Grigor Dimitrov was appearing in his 15th ATP World Tour final, seeking his ninth title.
-Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut ended Oliver Marach and Mate Pavic’s unbeaten start to the season (17-0), claiming their 11th team title.
-This is also Mahut’s third title in Rotterdam, having previously lifted the trophy in 2014 (w/Llodra) and 2016 (w/Pospisil).

WHAT THE PLAYERS SAID

Federer
It's definitely one of those weeks I will never forget in my life. It's unbelievable to get my 97th title and get back to World No. 1. It's very special. 

I was expecting it to be tough today. Grigor is a great player and a great athlete and he's been playing super well in recent months. I thought that this wasn't going to be the result, but he looked to be struggling a bit and I never looked back. I was able to execute my tennis the way I wanted to. I'm very happy.

Dimitrov
It was a great week, but I just came up short today. Anything can happen, but all credit to Roger. He deserves to win the tournament and played unbelievable tennis the whole week. He raised the bar. I just want to take the positives from the week. My goal was to come out here and play well with each match, but I just came up short today. You do the best you can and play with whatever you have. I was following my game to the capacity I could and that was the result.