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Tennis: Federer wins first title of 2013 in Halle

Roger Federer won his first title of the year on Sunday, the world number three beating Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 in the ATP final at Halle. This was the 31-year-old Swiss great's sixth Halle title and the 77th win of his career. After losing the opening set the former world number one battled back to preserve his perfect record over Youzhny in 15 meetings in over two hours of play.

Tennis: Federer wins Halle ATP title

Roger Federer won his first title of the year on Sunday, the world number three beating Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 in the ATP final at Halle. This was the 31-year-old Swiss great's sixth Halle title and the 77th title of his career. After losing the opening set the former world number one battled back to preserve his perfect record over Youzhny in 15 meetings in over two hours of play.

Tennis: Fuming Hewitt slams Queen's court switch

Lleyton Hewitt launched a scathing attack on ATP Tour officials after the Australian paid the price when heavy rain caused scheduling chaos at Queen's Club. Hewitt's semi-final against defending champion Marin Cilic at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event had been severely disrupted by the weather, with the start delayed for two hours before another downpour kept them off court for a further two hours.

Tennis: Rain forces schedule switch at Queen's

Rain played havoc with the schedule at Queen's Club on Saturday as Lleyton Hewitt's clash with defending champion Marin Cilic was moved from the main show-court in a bid to get both semi-finals finished on time. Former world number one Hewitt was due to face Croatian fifth seed Cilic in the first of the day's semi-finals, but heavy rain fell just before the scheduled 1215GMT start at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event. The rain eventually relented for long enough to allow the Australian and his opponent to begin the tie at 1425GMT.

Tennis: Murray to face Cilic in Queen's final

Andy Murray will face defending champion Marin Cilic in his third Queen's Club final as the world number two fought back to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday. Murray was forced to wait several hours before finally getting on court due to heavy rain in west London, but he recovered from a slow start to inflict another defeat on French fourth seed Tsonga at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event.

Tennis: Queen's Club results - collated

Collated results from the sixth day of the ATP tournament at Queen's Club on Saturday (x denotes seeding): Semi-finals Marin Cilic (CRO x5) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 Andy Murray (GBR x1) bt Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x4) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 afp

Tennis: Murray to face Cilic in Queen's final

Andy Murray will face defending champion Marin Cilic in his third Queen's Club final as the world number two fought back to defeat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Saturday. Murray was forced to wait several hours before finally getting on court due to heavy rain in west London, but he recovered from a slow start to inflict another defeat on French fourth seed Tsonga at the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event.

Tennis: Murray starts hectic day with revenge win

Andy Murray avenged last year's embarrassing Queen's Club exit against Nicolas Mahut as the world number two kicked off a hectic Thursday with a 6-3, 7-6 (7/4) victory in his rain delayed second round clash. Murray had suffered a shock defeat against Mahut at the same stage of the pre-Wimbledon warm-up event 12 months ago, but the US Open champion's dominant display ensured there would be no repeat.

Tennis: Federer into Halle quarters on grass return

Defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer made a seamless transition from clay to grass on Wednesday as he cruised into the quarter-finals of the ATP Halle Open after brushing aside German wildcard Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-3, 6-3. Federer, who is using the tournament as a tune-up for the defence of his title at the All England Club later this month, needed just 67 minutes to see off Stebe in what was the Swiss star's first outing since losing to Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the last eight at Roland Garros.

Tennis: Long wait goes on for French tennis

For long-suffering French tennis fans, the agonising wait for a male champion at the French Open goes on, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga the latest to succumb to the Roland Garros jinx. The 28-year old from the car-race town of Le Mans had motored smoothly into the last four without dropping a set and hopes were sent sky-high that at last Yannick Noah's iconic win in Paris 30 years ago would be matched.
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