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Zverev To Face Federer In Halle Final

German Alexander Zverev will play in his fourth final of the season on Sunday after coming back to beat Frenchman Richard Gasquet 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle. Zverev has already won three titles this season – beating Gasquet indoors in Montpellier; dismissing Guido Pella on clay in Munich; and knocking off then-World No. 2 Novak Djokovic in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final in Rome. [ALSO LIKE] On Sunday, the #NextGenATP star will face top seed Roger Federer for the third time and in a rematch of their Halle semi-final last year. Zverev took that contest in three sets but their FedEx ATP Head2Head series is tied at 1-1 because Federer had...

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Federer Reaches 11th Halle Final

There's no place quite like Halle for Roger Federer. The Swiss star will play in an 11th Gerry Weber Open final on Sunday after having to battle past #NextGenATP Karen Khachanov 6-4, 7-6(5) in the semi-finals on Saturday. “I thought it was extremely close, especially that second set... I'm still just very happy how I was able to close it out in the 'breaker,” Federer said. Federer will go for his ninth title in the German city, which would mark the first time he has won a tournament as many times. The 35-year-old Swiss first reached the Halle final in 2003, beating German Nicolas Kiefer for the crown. [ALSO LIKE] But Federer hasn't played for the trophy at the ATP...

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