Roger Federer was being put to the sword this week in Halle. A tournament that Federer has loved playing at, Federer just didn’t seem like at home this time.
After the win in Stuttgart, it seemed like we could be in for another season wherein one player dominates a particular surface.
But come Halle, and Federer’s magic seemed to be on the wane as he found it tough to get going and just managed to scrape through into the final.
In the final, across the net was an inspired Croatian, one who had worked really hard to get this far into the tournament and was hungry for success.
Federer just didn’t seem like dominating Coric on the big day, contrary to what many people believed, as they felt like Federer would be able to get the better of the youngster on the big day.
However, it just wasn’t meant to be, as Coric largely stream rolled through the Federer challenge, suffering a little blip in form in the second set, but other than that looking focussed and secure enough on court.
Ultimately he came out on top in three(7-6, 3-6, 6-2), taking advantage of Federer’s apparent fatigue towards the end of the third set.
Federer still goes into Wimbledon as the favourite, however, other players will take heart(and a lot of notes) from Coric’s win today.
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