Gerry Weber Open

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Gerry Weber Open....

leftys_rock

Federer withdrew.

J-man

I just heard about that. Here's a statement from his offical site: http://www.rogerfederer.com/en/rogers/news/newsdetail.cfm?uNewsID=569

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There goes the FTL points. Rolling Eyes

I guess he's being wise though. He needs to take a physical (and mental) break....

J-man

Will he play any warm ups before Wimby?

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Come to think of it, probably not. Shocked

He might enter 's-Hertogenbosch or Nottingham, but I highly doubt it, for they take too much time... oh, perhaps he'll enter that Kooyong-like small tournament right before (forget what it's called, but Andre played in it last year).

J-man

http://www.artoischampionships.com/1/draws/results.asp

Here are the results from today. Davydenko got struck in the eye in the final game of the match. Ouch!

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Semis are set:

Kohlschreiber (defeated Blake) vs. Baghdatis
Berdych vs. Nieminen (might be quite interesting)

Tennis fan

Bghdatis - Berdych in the final.

Intersting fact: The winner of Halle went on to win Wibmledon the last 4 years.... his name was Roger!

J-man

Baghdatis vs Berdych that will be a good match. Power vs counter punching

J-man

Berdych crashes Baghdatis brithday

Fourth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych dropped just two points on his first serve in a 7-5, 6-4 win over eighth seed Marcos Baghdatis to win the Halle title, one year after finishing runner-up to Roger Federer.

Berdych, 21, clinched his first title since winning ATP Masters Series Paris in late 2005. It was his third career title.

Berdych won 35 of 37 first-serve points, including his first 14 first-serve points. Yet in the 10th game of the first set he had to stave off two set points on his own serve to level the match at 5-5.

Berdych, who saved all three break points against him, improved to 26-13 on the year while Baghdatis slipped to 28-13.

Baghdatis, who was celebrating his 22nd birthday, was appearing in his third final of the year, having won Zagreb and finished runner-up in Marseille.