Federer: “I’m on cloud nine after the ninth win here”

Published by Matt Trollope

Roger Federer was beaming as he spoke with atpworldtour.com following his victory over Alexander Zverev in the Halle final.

The victory, a 6-1 6-3 thrashing completed in just 53 minutes, delivered the Swiss his ninth Gerry Weber Open title and saw him firm as a favourite for Wimbledon, beginning 3 July.

Federer admitted he was doubting himself coming into the tournament, having just a week earlier lost in the opening round to Tommy Haas in Stuttgart – the only time, Federer said, he’d fallen at the first hurdle of a grasscourt event in 15 years.

So he was understandably thrilled – “on cloud nine”, as he put it – to win without dropping a set.

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