Roger Federer claimed his record-tying 19th Masters 1000 title, beating John Isner, 7-6 (7), 6-3, in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. The Swiss third seed became the first player to win 4 Paribas Opens, adding to the 3 he won between 2004 and 2006. Roger Federer saved 2 early break points and, after [...]
Roger Federer dispatched Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-2 and Rafael Nadal outlasted David Nalbandian 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 Friday as they advanced into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Califonia Roger Federer, ranked third in the world behind No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, beat the Argentine for the 4th [...]
The hot ticket in Rotterdam today featured a showdown at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament between 2 grand slam champions, Roger Federer and Juan Martin Del Potro. While the Argentinean forced a good battle in the second set, his slow start in the first set to go down 0-5, cost him the match. After [...]
The 2012 Davis Cup, the United States is off to an exhilarating start. It swept Roger Federer and Switzerland in the first round, with Mardy Fish and Mike Bryan winning the doubles match on clay, a surface selected by Federer to exploit what was perceived as an American weakness. The US swept favored Switzerland out [...]
Roger Federer’s first opening-round Davis Cup match in 8 years wasn’t supposed to turn out like this. The 16-time Grand Slam champion fell to a shock 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4), 6-2 loss to John Isner as the United States took a 2-0 lead against Switzerland in the World Group on Friday. He had lost his [...]
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal on Thursday night, the longtime rivals playing with the intensity they normally display when they meet in Grand Slam finals. This match rather posed the question of whether Roger Federer at 30 and having not defeated the younger man [...]
Andy Murray will move ahead of Roger Federer to No. 3 in the ATP tennis rankings after winning the Shanghai Masters to secure a third straight title this month. Andy Murray beat Spain’s David Ferrer 7-5 6-4 to claim the Shanghai Masters tennis title on Sunday and move ahead of Swiss Roger Federer in the [...]
For the 4th straight year, the men’s final at the US Open had to be postponed a day because of bad weather earlier in the tournament. Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal play Monday. Australian Samantha Stosur defeated American Serena Williams in the women’s final on Sunday. For Rafael Nadal to retain his US Open [...]
Following a script eerily similar to that of the U.S. Open semifinal the 2 played last year, Novak Djokovic saved two set points to defeat Roger Federer, 6-7(7), 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 7-5, booking a spot in his second consecutive Open final. With good reason, Roger Federer struggled to accept the uncanny repetition of defeat by [...]
Second seed Rafael Nadal and No. 4 Andy Murray advanced to the US Open semifinals by winning Friday. The 2 will square off Saturday following the first semifinal between top seed Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer. With First Lady Michelle Obama watching from the stands on a glorious sunny day at Arthur [...]