Roger Federer progresses to quarters after straight set victory over Mischa Zverev in Halle
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Updated 22/06/2017 at 18:15 GMT
Roger Federer's Wimbledon plans looked to be back on course on Thursday after a straight sets 7-6(4) 6-4 victory over Mischa Zverev at the Halle Open.
Roger Federer progresses to Halle Quarter Finals
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After wins at the Australian Open as well as Indian Wells and the Miami Open earlier this year, Federer decided to miss out the clay-court season - seen as a move to enhance his prospects at WImbledon, on his favoured grass surface.
However, doubt was cast on his comeback last week as he lost his first competitive grass court match of the season, to 39-year-old Tommy Haas.
But a week on and Federer looked in better nick, dispatching Zverev with relative ease in Germany.
Though the Swiss squandered three set points at 5-4 in the first set, and appeared to be lacking some of his sharpness, he managed to win the tiebreak by whipping a crosscourt backhand winner on his fourth set point.
Zverev's first serve seemed inconsistent and Federer broke at 4-4 in the second set to break the German, before serving out the match.
Federer will face defending champion Florian Mayer in the quarter-finals.
Additional reporting by Reuters.
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