UPDATE 2-Tennis-Federer beaten by Djokovic in home final

* Djokovic beats world number one for third time this year

* Federer misses out on fourth successive hometown title (Adds quotes)

By Brian Homewood

BASEL, Nov 8 (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer missed out on a fourth successive Swiss Indoors title when he lost to third-ranked Novak Djokovic in the final of his hometown tournament on Sunday.

The Serbian won 6-4 4-6 6-2 to record his third win over Federer in five meetings this year and notch his fourth ATP title of the year after winning in Beijing, Belgrade and Dubai.

The Swiss, who was once a ball boy at the tournament, was returning after a six-week mini-break following his U.S. Open final defeat to Juan Martin del Potro.

Federer, who had not previously dropped a set or lost a service game in the tournament, had his serve broken four times as he lost a final for the third time this year following defeats at the Australian and U.S. Open.

The match featured an extraordinary 10th game in the first set where Federer saved six set points and Djokovic five break points before the Serbian wrapped up the set at the seventh attempt.

"I tried to stop him from taking control of the match because when he does, he's the best in the world and he can end the match very quickly," Djokovic told reporters.