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Borna Coric denied Roger Federer the 99th title of his career on Sunday with a 7-6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-2 victory in the final of the ATP Halle grass court event.
Federer also lost the world number one spot in the ATP world rankings to Rafael Nadal heading into Wimbledon, and missed a chance to earn a record 10th title at the German venue.
“Winning always feels good, losing should hurt and it does a bit,” 20-time major winner Federer said. “I played what I thought was my best match of week today.
“I didn’t play badly, but it didn’t go my way, that’s unfortunate.
“I leave with my head held high, I had a good run between Stuttgart (grass title last weekend) and Halle.”
Coric, the Croatian outsider ranked 34th, also ended Federer’s…
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