(Reuters) - Roger Federer has won a record 17 grand slam titles and played in over 1000 tour matches but even a champion of his standing can forget when he is on match point - as he showed at the Gerry Weber Open on Saturday.
With champion Federer on the verge of defeating Kei Nishikori to reach his ninth final at the Halle grasscourt tournament, the world number four suffered a moment of memory loss when his Japanese opponent clipped a backhand into the net on match point.
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