World number three Federer is chasing a record-extending tenth title on the Halle grass as he warms up for Wimbledon next month, but has had to scrap to stay in the tournament this week. “My body is reacting well to the grass, so I would prefer the matches to be shorter,” said Federer. I have enough time to recover before Wimbledon.”The Swiss next faces Andy Murray’s Wimbledon doubles partner Pierre-Hugues Herbert in Saturday’s semi-finals. He returns well and looks to get to the net, which makes him a great grass player,” said Federer. Earlier on Friday, world number five Alexander Zverev suffered a surprise 6-3, 1-6, 6-7 (3/7) quarter-final defeat by Belgium’s David Goffin.

Source: The Express Tribune June 22, 2019 11:03 UTC