Coric ends Federer’s winning streak

Borna Coric defeated defending champion Roger Federer 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-2 to win the Gerry Weber Open final yesterday.

Coric, 21, pictured, took his second match point to end Federer’s 20-match winning streak on grass for his second career title. The Croat, who beat-second-seeded-alexander Zverev in the first round, saved two set points in the first set tiebreaker.

“I was impressed with him,” Federer said after only his third loss of the year. “He was always a tick better in the end and he took his chances.”

Federer, who skipped the entire clay-court season for the second year in a row, had been going for his 99th title, one week after taking his 18th grass-court title in Stuttgart. It would have been a recordextending tenth title from his 12th final in Halle, Germany. The Swiss remains two match wins away from matching Jimmy Connors’ all-time record of 174 victories on grass. As a result of Federer’s loss, Rafael Nadal will reclaim top spot in the ATP rankings today.