Federer was playing a 12th consecutive Halle semi-final but missed out on an 11th straight win at the event in a town where both a street and a hospital kitchen are named in his honour. Quarterfinal: Mayer bt Andreas Seppi 7-6 (4), 6-3.
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The world number three, who dropped out of last month’s French Open, had little trouble swatting aside Tunisia’s Malek Jaziri, 6-3, 7-5, and next faces Belgium’s David Goffin.
Federer still holds 54 victories in Halle, a tournament record. So credit to Zverev for getting the job done.He’s got a big serve, he’s got a nice backhand, he’s improving his forehand, and he’s moving forward.
The 34-year-old had won all the points on his first serve in the set, and the pressured told when he took a mini-break lead to go up 3-0. Though he never generated a threat on return, credit Struff for hanging tough throughout the second set.
BIRMINGHAM, England – Madison Keys broke into the top 10 in the women’s rankings for the first time by beating Carla Suarez Navarro and advancing to the Aegon Classic final on Saturday. Roger Federer then showed his composure by saving set point twice, finally forcing a deadlock at 6-6. Highlights include all of Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 matches as well as tennis tournaments and some of the FA Cup and Capital One Cup games to name just few. Gabashvili had 5 aces compared to none for Lorenzi. He was also able to break Lorenzi 4 times in 6 tries to help him seal off the Italian after one hour and eighteen minutes.
Third seed and Stuttgart championDominic Thiem continues his irrepressible march through the draw.
Dominic Thiem is through to round two by taking down world no. 30 Joao Sousa.
Fifth seed Goffin had earlier advanced after Sergiy Stakhovsky retired from their second round match while trailing 4-6 7-5 2-0. Thiem had other ideas, though, breaking to 15 on the first break point which appeared for either player. I’ve played well on all four surfaces (including indoors).
The 32-year-old Mayer, now down to 192 in the rankings, cashed in on Thiem appearing a little tired after his recent heroics as he won in 66 minutes. He succeeded in breaking his opponent once in two tries.
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The 32-year-old Mayer moved on with a walkover from second-seeded Kei Nishikori, who withdrew with a rib injury.
