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1. Voo de Mar says:

   August 19, 2026 at 4:18 pm

   ☆ The only tournament (among 103) won by Federer with only three wins

   Points won by each set: | 40-33, 42-36 |
   Unreturned serves:
   33 % Federer – 25 of 75
   28 % Falla – 22 of 76

   The Halle king strikes back and wins his seventh title there facing quite exotic opposition given a European event on grass (first a Portuguese, then two Asian players, and finally a Colombian). Certainly fans in Germsny expected Federer [4] would win that match easier, but Falla [69] had no Federer’s complex – at Wimbledon ’10 he almost stunned him in the first round (it could be considered as the greatest upset of the decade)… Federer led 5:2* in the opener, but a routine ‘6-3, 6-4’ victory slipped away, and two short tie-breaks were required. “I’ve left a little bit of my heart there,” Federer said after his ninth Halle final. “My big goal for the week was to collect the title, play good tennis and have fun. I’ve done that.” Falla, who played his second and last ATP final, admitted: “He’s the king of kings of tiebreaks. Overall I played very well throughout the whole week and I want to keep it up.”

   Federer’s route to his 79th title:
   2 Joao Sousa 6-7(8), 6-4, 6-2
   Q Yen-Hsun Lu ☆ w/o [ back ]
   S Kei Nishikori 6-3, 7-6(4)
   W Alejandro Falla 7-6(2), 7-6(3)

   Serve & volley: Federer 9/12, Falla 3/5

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   August 19, 2026 at 4:57 pm

   ☆☆ Alejandro Falla (b. 1983) is arguably the best Colombian player in history as far as singles is concerned. He played two ATP finals (Bogotá ’13, Halle ’14) and reached the fourth round at Roland Garros ’11. Before him, the best had been Iván Molina (b. 1946), who also played two main-level finals (both in 1975). He never advanced to the last sixteen of a major though, his career-high ranking no. 40… Falla’s best was eight places lower (2012).

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