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Diamars 15 Juni 2021

Roger Federer wins Halle opener on return to grass

his Belarusian opponent but being ranked 42 places be-
didn't break until the last low his Spanish opponent at
game of the match. Federer is 52nd. That extended Bautista
now 69-7 in career matches Agut's slump after a surprise
in Halle, his favored warmup second-round loss to Henri
for Wimbledon. Five of his Laaksonen at the French
eight career Wimbledon ti- Open.
tles have come after winning
Halle the same year. Seventh-seeded David Gof-
fin retired against Corentin
Federer pulled out of the Moutet in their first-round
French Open after the third match after having been close
round last week, saying he to victory. Goffin fell in the
wanted to look after his fit- second set but still served for
ness following two knee op- the match at 6-1, 5-3 before
erations. losing the next four games
and retiring at the end of the
He moves on to play either set with the score level at 6-1,
up-and-coming Canadian 5-7.
Felix Auger-Aliassime or big-
hitting Hubert Hurkacz of U.S. qualifier Marcos Giron
Poland in the second round. beat Canada's Vasek Pospisil
7-6 (4), 7-6 (6) and Australian
(AP) — Roger Federer re- Swiss player chases his the grass-court season. Also Monday, Sebastian Kor- Jordan Thompson saw off lo-
turned to the court with 11th Halle Open title af- da of the United States upset cal wild card Daniel Altmaier
a win over qualifier Ilya ter withdrawing from the Federer held serve through- sixth-seeded Roberto Bau- 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Ivashka on Monday as the French Open to prioritize out in a 7-6 (4), 7-5 win over tista Agut 6-3, 7-6 (0) despite

Lochte fails to advance in 200 free prelims at US trials

(AP) — Olympic champion Ryan that event. Defending Olympic
Lochte failed to advance from champion Ryan Murphy easily ad-
the preliminaries of the 200-me- vanced from the preliminaries, as did
ter freestyle on Monday, his first 36-year-old Matt Grevers, the 2012
event of the U.S. Olympic swim- gold medalist.
ming trials.
Even though Lochte initially entered
The 36-year-old Lochte, attempting six events at the trials, it appears the
to make his fifth Olympic team, post- 200 individual medley is the only race
ed a time of 1 minute, 49.23 seconds in which he has any realistic shot of
— only good enough for 25th place earning a trip to Tokyo. He scratched
overall. the 400 IM on Sunday.
The top 16 advanced to the evening
semifinals, led by Kieran Smith at Lochte has won 12 Olympic med-
1:46.54. Caeleb Dressel was second als, including six golds. Now married
in 1:46.63. with two children, he hopes to make
it to one more Olympics to erase
Smith won the 400 free on Sunday to the stigma of an incident at the 2016
earn his first trip to the Olympics. Rio de Janeiro Games, where he lied
Lochte was also entered Monday in about being robbed at gunpoint.
the 100 backstroke, but he scratched