Hewitt upsets Federer in Halle final

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06/13/2010 - Halle, Germany (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lleyton Hewitt battled back from a set down to unseat five-time champion Roger Federer in the final at the Gerry Weber Open.

Hewitt took a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4 victory to snap the top-seeded Federer's 29- match win streak at the Wimbledon tuneup, dealing the Swiss star his first loss at the tournament since the 2002 semifinals, when Federer lost to Nicolas Kiefer.

Federer went on to avenge that loss the following year in the final and hadn't lost at this venue since. He skipped the tournament in 2007 and 2009.

The loss is also a rare one on grass for Federer, who was 76-1 on the surface since 2003 heading into Sunday's title match, with that lone previous defeat coming against Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final.

But Hewitt, the eighth seed and a former Wimbledon champ, rallied for a second straight match to take the win in a little under 2 1/2 hours. The Australian had taken a three-set win over Benjamin Becker in the semifinals.

In the 25th career matchup between the two, Hewitt snapped a 15-match losing streak against Federer to record his first title of the year. It is his 29th career ATP crown and first since April 2009, when he won on clay in Houston.

This was Hewitt's first appearance in Halle, as he usually preps for the year's third Grand Slam event at the Queen's Club, where he has won four times.

Federer, meanwhile, has used this event as a springboard to incredible success at Wimbledon. He has played in the final at the All England Club in each of the past seven years, winning the coveted championship six times. However, Sunday's result dropped him to 1-2 in title matches this year.

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Ohio State is coming off their second game in a row where in all reality they should have lost. Of course that doesn’t matter now since the name of the game is “survive and advance” but as the tournament continues, they can’t afford to keep getting down to their opponents early. Kansas also avoided a scare by holding off a scrappy Southern Illinois squad. In the third thrilling game of the evening Memphis pulled off the minor upset (+3.5) despite being the higher seed to Texas A&M.

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