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HALLE, Germany -- If there is one place for Roger Federer to end a title drought, then its Halle, a small town in western Germany that has a big tennis stadium and a Roger-Federer-Allee leading to it. Federer walked down that alley a winner again Sunday, ending a 10-month run of 11 tournaments without a title, an eternity by his standards. The 31-year-old Swiss overcame a sluggish start to beat unseeded Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 at the Gerry Weber Open for his first title since Cincinnati in August. Returning to grass in his favourite warm-up for Wimbledon, it took the top-seeded Federer until the middle of the second set to come out of his lethargy and start hitting shots with confidence against a player he had never lost to in 14 previous career matches. It was the first final on the tour this year involving players 30 or older. "Ive won a lot but not so much in the last 10 months, although I feel Id been playing well," Federer said. "But the others were playing better." Federer earned his sixth title in Halle in 11 appearances (eight finals) and his first since 2008. Four of Federers seven Wimbledon titles have come after triumphs in Halle -- including his first Halle and Wimbledon championships in 2003. The former top-ranked player, who is now No. 3, won his 77th career title, pulling him even with John McEnroe at third on the all-time list. Jimmy Connors won 109 and Ivan Lendl 94. Federer will be looking to add to his record 17 Grand Slam championships when he defends his title at Wimbledon. "I feel fit, I feel confident, Im excited about whats to come," Federer said. "Im very pleased with how I played this week." Federer had beaten Youzhny in both last years semifinal in Halle and the quarterfinal at Wimbledon, but it looked for a while Sunday that the Russian could have discovered a key to finally beating Federer, although he had to fend off four break points in the first game of his first career final on grass. "He was playing well enough to win," Federer said. Youzhny, 30, saved another break point in the 11th game, but he had the Swiss on the defensive and Federer saved a set point in the next game before holding to go into the tiebreaker. An error by Federer gave Youzhny a set point and the Russian put away a volley winner to go ahead. Federer finally started finding his range and went up when Youzhny double-faulted at break point in the eighth game, which proved to be the turning point of the match. The Swiss hit a perfect backhand passing shot to go up 4-3 in the third, held for 5-3 with a smash and fired a service winner to seal his victory after two hours and two minutes. Federer has a big following at the Halle tournament and the fans gave him a standing ovation, while his wife Mirka let out a sigh of relief while keeping an eye on their twin daughters. 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Dana (Holgorsen) does a good job schematically week in week out to try to take advantage of what youre doing defensively.Holgorsen and Kingsbury met more than 15 years ago, when the Mountaineers coach worked for former Red Raiders coach Mike Leach and Kingsbury was the teams quarterback.Kliff knows what hes doing, Holgorsen said of the fourth-year coach. Hes going to get those guys ready to go and we have our work cut out for us on defense.The Mountaineers (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) have had two weeks to prepare, having a bye week after a 17-16 home win Oct. 1 over Kansas State. The Red Raiders (3-2, 1-1) are coming off a 44-38 loss to the Wildcats last week.At least Texas Tech doesnt have to be concerned about kicker Josh Lambert, who in 2014 hit a career-long, 55-yard field goal as time expired in Lubbock to give West Virginia a 37-34 victory. Holgorsen announced this week -- without explanation or further comment -- that Lambert, who missed the first three games due to a suspension, was no longer with the team.A few more things to look for when Texas Tech hosts West Virginia:MAHOMES AND HIS RECEIVERSJunior QB Patrick Mahomes, who leads the nation in passing yards per game (454.8), has plenty of receivers to pick from in the Red Raiders pass-heavy offense. Seven of them -- Jonathan Giles leads the league and the corps in receiving yards per game (122.8) -- have caught at least 11 passes for a combined 2,125 yards. Mahomes, who has passed for 20 TDs and run for seven more, has a great grasp of his offense, Mountaineers defensive coordinator Tony Gibson said. He understands getting rid of the ball, Gibson said.dddddddddddd He puts it in the right place at the right time. He lets his wideouts work for him, and when he wants to throw it over the top he can do that as well. He is so big, you have guys falling off of him, and he keeps plays alive.RUSHING MOUNTAINEERSWest Virginia, the Big 12s fifth-ranked rushing offense (187.2 ypg), will face the leagues sixth-ranked rushing defense (179.4 ypg). Junior RB Justin Crawford ranks fifth in the Big 12 with 331 yards on 60 carries, averaging 82.8 ypg. This year the Mountaineers have run the ball 52 percent of the time (164 of 315 plays). Kingsbury figures the Mountaineers will run the ball often. Last year they ran it, I think, 57 times versus us, he said. So Ive known hes been doing that the last three or four years.PENALTY PROBLEMSTexas Tech was flagged for five 15-yard penalties -- including one that erased a TD -- in its loss last week. It wasnt unusual, though. The Red Raiders rank 121st in the nation in penalty yards per game, having committed 48 penalties in five games to average 80.2 ypg. Weve really been stopping ourselves with penalties, making it third and 15, third and 20, and then thats a hard position to be in, WR Cameron Batson said. So we have to cut out the penalties and be more disciplined.RED ZONE FACEOFFTexas Tech is nearly twice as efficient in scoring touchdowns once inside the red zone than the Mountaineers. The Red Raiders have connected for TDs 26 of the 32 times theyve been there (81 percent), while West Virginia has found the end zone on just eight of 18 trips inside opponents 20-yard line (44 percent). The guys have to score, Holgorsen said. Were moving the ball. Were averaging a lot of yards. We have to score more, period.---Follow Betsy Blaney on Twitter at www.twitter.com/betsyblaney---Online: AP College Football site: http://collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '