Roger Federer keeps hopes of World Tour Finals alive after win over Adrian Mannarino at Swiss Indoors Gasquet is also in action in Basle and, with 500 points on offer for the champion, he will be waiting to pounce should Federer suffer an early exit. Federer is making his 14th appearance at the event at the St Jakobshalle. "It's great be back in Basle, I get so much energy from this crowd," Federer told his adoring public at the event where he got his start in tennis as a ballboy. I'm concentrating on playing well and hoping to qualify for London. The Swiss star faces either Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin or Argentina's Horacio Zeballos in the second round. The 32-year-old, accorded a warm reception when he walked onto court, lost his service once before taking the first set against his French rival ranked 62 in the world. The 17-time grand slam winner moved up a gear in the second set, breaking twice, converting four breaks of serve from 13 chances to wrap up the match in one hour 11 minutes. On Sunday Federer recognised he had made serious errors in his planning which had contributed to a dreadful 2013. Last week he split from his long time coach, Paul Annacone. Having won only one ATP title this year, in Halle, he is at risk of missing out on the World Tour Finals which he has won six times. He has insisted that, despite his fall from grace, retirement is not on the horizon.