<p> Roger Federer won the Halle Open for a record-extending eighth time on Sunday by beating Italy's Andreas Seppi 7-6(1), 6-4 in a successful dress rehearsal on grass ahead of Wimbledon.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Defending champion Federer captured his fourth title of the year after victories in Istanbul, Dubai and Brisbane to take his career haul to 86.<br /><br />The Swiss top seed saved two set points on his serve when he trailed 5-4 in the first set. He dug deep to level for 5-5 in his 10th final appearance in Halle.<br /><br />He then crushed the Italian in the tiebreak. Seppi earned another break opportunity at 2-2 but he sent a backhand into the net. World No 2 Federer then squandered three breakpoints at 4-3, allowing Seppi to hold on and win the 10-minute game.<br /><br />Bopanna loses<br /><br />In the doubles competition, Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea ended runners-up following a surprise straight set defeat at the hands of Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram.<br />The second-seeded Indo-Romanian pair lost the summit clash 6-7(5), 2-6 against the unseeded American-South African team in one hour and 12 minutes.<br /><br />Murray wins<br /><br />Britain's Andy Murray won the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club in London by dismantling big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4 in a one-sided final on Sunday.<br /><br />To the delight of the home crowd, the World No 3 showed no sign of weariness when returning to court two hours after completing his semifinal against Viktor Troicki which had been held up by rain the previous evening.<br /><br />He had resumed at 3-3 in the first set against the Serb and quickly established control to come through 6-3, 7-6(4).<br /><br />Paes-Nestor out <br /><br />Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor put lost the semifinal of the Aegon Championships to Nenad Zimonjic and Marcin Matkowski. The third-seeded Indo-Canadian pair lost the last-four match 3-6, 6-7(8) in one hour and 18 minutes.</p>
<p> Roger Federer won the Halle Open for a record-extending eighth time on Sunday by beating Italy's Andreas Seppi 7-6(1), 6-4 in a successful dress rehearsal on grass ahead of Wimbledon.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Defending champion Federer captured his fourth title of the year after victories in Istanbul, Dubai and Brisbane to take his career haul to 86.<br /><br />The Swiss top seed saved two set points on his serve when he trailed 5-4 in the first set. He dug deep to level for 5-5 in his 10th final appearance in Halle.<br /><br />He then crushed the Italian in the tiebreak. Seppi earned another break opportunity at 2-2 but he sent a backhand into the net. World No 2 Federer then squandered three breakpoints at 4-3, allowing Seppi to hold on and win the 10-minute game.<br /><br />Bopanna loses<br /><br />In the doubles competition, Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea ended runners-up following a surprise straight set defeat at the hands of Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram.<br />The second-seeded Indo-Romanian pair lost the summit clash 6-7(5), 2-6 against the unseeded American-South African team in one hour and 12 minutes.<br /><br />Murray wins<br /><br />Britain's Andy Murray won the Aegon Championships at Queen's Club in London by dismantling big-serving South African Kevin Anderson 6-3, 6-4 in a one-sided final on Sunday.<br /><br />To the delight of the home crowd, the World No 3 showed no sign of weariness when returning to court two hours after completing his semifinal against Viktor Troicki which had been held up by rain the previous evening.<br /><br />He had resumed at 3-3 in the first set against the Serb and quickly established control to come through 6-3, 7-6(4).<br /><br />Paes-Nestor out <br /><br />Leander Paes and Daniel Nestor put lost the semifinal of the Aegon Championships to Nenad Zimonjic and Marcin Matkowski. The third-seeded Indo-Canadian pair lost the last-four match 3-6, 6-7(8) in one hour and 18 minutes.</p>
