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Tennis star into 15th Halle quarter-final

22 June 2017 at 20:53
Eight-time champion Roger Federer reached the quarter-finals of the Halle grass court tournament for a 15th time on Thursday with a 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 win over German serve-and-volleyer Mischa Zverev.
Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Germany's Mischa Zverev during the ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 22, 2017
Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Germany's Mischa Zverev during the ATP tennis tournament in Halle, western Germany, on June 22, 2017

Federer, the 18-time Grand Slam title winner who is building up for an assault on an eighth Wimbledon title next month, next faces 2016 Halle champion Florian Mayer for a place in the semi-finals.

The 134th-ranked German made the quarter-finals by seeing off French sixth seed Lucas Pouille 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-3.

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