Gerry Weber Open 2015: Friday Tennis Scores, Results and Updated Draw Schedule

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Published: June 19, 2015

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Roger Federer kept his hopes of an eighth triumph at the Gerry Weber Open alive, as he coasted past Florian Mayer and into the semi-finals with a straight-sets win.

Facing him in the last four will be Ivo Karlovic, as the 36-year-old Croatian produced a serving clinic to get the better of third seed Tomas Berdych in three sets. Elsewhere, Kei Nishikori progressed in his quarter-final after a punishing battle against Jerzy Janowicz; he’ll play Andreas Seppi in the semis after Gael Monfils retired midway through their match.

Here’s a full rundown of the results on Friday, a look back at some of the highlights of an engrossing day’s play and how the semi-final draw is shaping up.



All details courtesy of ATPWorldTour.com.


Federer Cruises Through, Karlovic Sets Aces Record

Things could have been so different for Federer in Halle this week. The Swiss star was pushed to the brink of elimination by Philipp Kohlschreiber in Round 1, but he’s recovered brilliantly in subsequent matches and is now looking like the grass-court specialist he is after this 6-0, 7-6(1) triumph.

All those talents were on show in the first stanza against Mayer, as the 33-year-old turned on the style. As we can see here courtesy of Sky Sports Tennis, the opening set was hopelessly lopsided in Federer’s favour:



The second saw the German find his feet, but Federer always oozed a measure of control. Mayer was unable to make any kind of inroads on the Swiss’ serve, and although his diligent play earned him a tie-break, it was only likely to go one way; Federer turned on the style to win the breaker 7-1 and clinch the match in the process.



Next up for the Swiss is Karlovic, who eventually overpowered Berdych on his way to the semi-finals, edging out the third seed in a thrilling encounter.

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