Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany, ATP 500

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Quarter Final Highlights

 

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Halle Semi Final

v

Roger Federer (1) v Alexander Zverev

H2H: Federer leads 1-0

2016 Rome Masters R32 Clay Roger Federer Alexander Zverev 6-3 7-5

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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Halle Semi Final

v

Dominic Thiem (3) v Florian Mayer

H2H: First Meeting

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I think Fed will beat Sascha... the youngster looked overawed in their first meeting.

Thiem over Mayer and then Fed has a chance to level the H2H

 

[isabelle]

First set Zverev

 

[EdbergsGhost]

Zverev blinks. Fed reasserting himself, takes the second set.

 

[britbox]

Just tuning in - looks a lot more competetive than their match earlier in the year. Zverev 3-2 up in the third.

 

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Sascha breaks.... in the decider

 

[britbox]

Zverev wins the match! 7/6 5/7 6/3

 

[DarthFed]

Pathetic. This is looking like 2013 where he loses to anybody and everybody. He will be out of Wimbledon before the 4th round. Hopefully he gets right by the olympics/USO but even that is in doubt

 

[britbox]

Pathetic. This is looking like 2013 where he loses to anybody and everybody. He will be out of Wimbledon before the 4th round. Hopefully he gets right by the olympics/USO but even that is in doubt

I only saw the majority of the final set... but not impressive... and things don't look too bright for Wimbledon.

 

[DarthFed]

If Wimbledon was best of 3 he'd probably not go far at this point. In a best of 5, forget it.

 

[Carol]

I'm not surprised at all to see Roger losing to any of these young players which seem to play with a lot of motivation and energy though I don't see any greatness from them. First he at 34 years old has had a knee surgery not too long ego and if the people that are not athletes takes time to heal then I can imagine what a professional tennis player has to feel and to go through. Second a couple of weeks ego he had problems with his back and since January he has played 5 matches. In one word I don't think he is ready to play well in Wimbledon either

 

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Results from the Halle Open Men's Singles matches

Florian Mayer (Germany) beat 3-Dominic Thiem (Austria) 6-3 6-4
Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3



Florian Mayer scores an upset win over Dominic Thiem

 

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Florian Mayer (Germany) beat 3-Dominic Thiem (Austria) 6-3 6-4

 

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Alexander Zverev (Germany) beat 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) 7-6(4) 5-7 6-3

 

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Semi Final Highlights

 

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Halle Final

v

Alexander Zverev v Florian Mayer

H2H: First Meeting
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[britbox]

Not the final I was expecting... and close to call... Mayer has a nice game for grass but hoping for Sascha Zverev to prevail and win his first grass court title... first of many I hope.

Who have you got?

 

[DarthFed]

I'm hoping for Zverev. It's likely to go 3 regardless of the outcome. Flo Mayer is just one of those guys that has to be extremely difficult/annoying to play against.