Archive for category: Roger Federer
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Victory for Andy Murray sets up Olympic Final showdown with Roger Federer
You can see the full match report here: Murray – Djokovic Match Commentary In front of a packed and vociferous Centre Court crowd at Wimbledon, home favourite Andy Murray booked his place in the Olympic Gold Medal match by defeating second seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-5, 7-5. In a [...] -
Murray beats Djokovic for a place in Olympics final, plays Federer for gold
You can see the full match report here: Murray – Djokovic game by game report Brit Andy Murray put on a superb performance in his Olympics semifinal match against the Serb Novak Djokovic, beating him in straight sets 7-5 7-5. He will now play Federer for the gold medal in [...] -
Federer Earns Spot in Olympic Final after Marathon Third Set against del Potro
A windy Centre Court played host to the first of the men’s singles semifinals at London 2012. World no. 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland and no. 8 Juan Martín del Potro of Argentina battled each other in 4+ hour match that featured, wind, nerves and resolve. In the end, the [...] -
Federer vs Del Potro Live Commentary @ Olympics 2012
Federer* v Del Potro. Sets 1-1 19-17 GAME, SET, MATCH! Roger misses the first match point with an easy volley, but holds his nerve and a couple of points later, he raises his hands to the heaven in celebration 18-17 BREAK! Federer strikes again, he will get another chance to [...] -
The Great Importance of Topnotch Technique Today
In a March 2011 Tennis magazine article, Tom Perrotta asserted, “In tennis, technique is vastly overrated.” That will go down as the six most foolish words ever written in tennis history. They will also prove the most damaging to any inexperienced players who believe them. Technique alone does not make [...] -
Federer Makes Hard Work of Isner to Set Up Olympic Semi Final Clash with Del Potro
John Isner was always going to be a tough nut to crack and he proved his worth against the world no.1 on Centre Court today. Roger Federer eventually triumphed in straight sets, but it took a nervous tie-break to separate the two players in the second. The tenth seeded American [...] -
Federer – Isner 2012 Olympics Live Commentary
Federer v Isner 6-4 7-6 (2-3) GAME, SET, MATCH: FEDERER 6-6 (7-5): A stunning first serve from Federer and it’s match point. Isner serves but the return from Federer trickles over the net to give the Swiss player the win. The first thing Federer does is give his opponent an [...] -
Isner ends Tipsarevic’s Olympics Gold dream
American John Isner progressed to the next round of the Olympic Tennis in a thrilling straight sets win over Serbian Janko Tipsarevic. Both men were eager to go all the way and it was a hard fought match, that the score doesn’t reflect. The first set was very much game for [...] -
Federer/Wawrinka lose in second round of the London Olympics
The Swiss team of Roger Federer and Stanislaw Wawrinka took on the Israeli team of Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in the second round of doubles competition at Wimbledon today, after their match was postponed yesterday due to bad weather. Neither Federer nor Wawrinka, the sixth seeds at these Olympics, [...] -
Federer Shaky in First Set, but Manages Win to Reach Olympic QFs
Fresh off his clean win against Julien Benneteau in his second round match, world no. 1 Roger Federer looked poised to repeat his performance against Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan. The Swiss set the pace early and rushed to a 3-0 in the first set. Looking as if things were firmly [...] -
Federer one step closer to Olympic Gold
2012 Wimbledon champion Roger Federer faced France’s Julien Benneteau in the second round of the 2012 London Olympic Tennis tournament played today. The pair had met in the third round of this year’s Wimbledon Championships, where the Frenchman had taken Federer to five sets, before eventually being beaten 6-1 in [...] -
Federer/Wawrinka and the Bryan Bros advance into second round at the Olympics
Sixth-seeded Swiss couple needed three sets and almost two and half hours to defeat Nishikori and Soeda of Japan in the first round of men’s doubles Olympic clash. The Swiss won all of their serves in the match, but found themselves 0-1 back due to first set tie-break. They nonetheless [...] -
Federer demolishes Benneteau, moves into third round at the Olympics
Roger Federer made sure not to repeat his marathon match against Julien Benneteau from Wimbledon this year, when he had to fight back from two sets down to win the match. In the second round of the 2012 London Olympics, the Swiss destroyed his French opponent in merely and hour, [...]
