After one of the slowest starts to a season in
his career, Roger Federer won his first title of the year Sunday on the grass
of the Gerry Weber Open, in this small town in western Germany. Federer, the
ATP No. 3 and top seed in Halle, came from a set down to beat 29th-ranked
Mikhail Youzhny, 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4. It was his sixth title at the Wimbledon
tuneup event, at which he has a lifetime contract and a street named in his
honor.
The title is the 77th of Federer’s career, which
ties him for third on the career ATP list with John McEnroe, behind Jimmy
Connors’s 109 and Ivan Lendl’s 94.
While a title at a small tournament on his
best surface might not seem like a major feat in the scope of Federer’s
illustrious career, in which he won 17 Grand Slams, it ended a nearly
unprecedented title drought that dates back 10 months since he won the
Cincinnati Masters in August.
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