Roger Federer has lost his hometown tournament, falling 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 to Novak Djokovic in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday.

Djokovic earned his fourth title of the season on Sunday with a victory that ended Federer's run of three straight titles at the tournament.

The second seed Serb clinched the first set by saving five break points in a game that lasted 24 minutes.

"It was maybe the turning point in the whole match," Djokovic said. "I was fortunate to keep my nerves."

The first set went with serve, until Federer was broken for the first time in the tournament to trail 5-4. Then came a tense, error-strewn game that featured eleven deuces before Djokovic took his seventh set-point chance.

Federer fought back from a break down to win the second set and rouse his partisan fans.

He had dropped serve againin the opening game, sending another forehand into the net. But he won his next service game, and then broke his opponent for the first time when a drop shot grazed the net cord before falling in play, then again to take the set.

Djokovic rallied immediately in the decider, Federer dropping two straight service games for the second time in the match.

Trailing 4-1, Federer held three break points at 0-40 but was let down again by his groundstrokes as Djokovic reeled off five straight points, and needed just one match point to clinch, as Federer mistimed a backhand from the baseline.