ATP Rome Masters Rome, Italy May 14-20, 20012 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 €2,427,975 Singles Seeds: (cut: Kubot – 51) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Andy Murray (GBR) 5. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 6. David Ferrer (ESP) 7. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 8. Janko [...]
Roger Federer won the Madrid Open title after beating Tomas Berdych 3-6 7-5 7-5 in Sunday’s final and matched Nadal’s record of 20 Master titles. With this win, the Swiss will move to the second spot in the rankings and overtake Nadal, who will drop to no.3. Federer is the [...]
ATP Madrid Masters Madrid, Spain May 7-13, 2012 Surface: Clay Main Draw: 56 €3,090,150 Singles Seeds: (cut: Ramos – 56) 1. Novak Djokovic (SRB) 2. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3. Roger Federer (SUI) 4. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 5. David Ferrer (ESP) 6. Tomas Berdych (CZE) 7. Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) 8. John [...]
Former world no.1 and 16 time Grand Slam Champion Roger Federer set up a Madrid Open final encounter against Czech Berdych after defeating Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 6-2 6-3 in today’s semifinal. The Swiss maestro played some flawless tennis in the first set, he managed to win every point after [...]
Two times Madrid Open champion Roger Federer booked his place in the Saturday’s semifinal after beating Spaniard David Ferrer in two sets 6-4 6-4. Federer had the mental edge going into the match, having won the previous 12 meetings against Ferrer. It was only hard to imagine a different outcome [...]
The Swiss maestro Roger Federer eased into the quarterfinals of the Madrin Open with a 6-3 6-2 victory over France’s Richard Gasquet. Federer was tested yesterday by Canadian Milos Raonic, who took him to three sets, only losing in the tiebreak of the decider. Today’s match proved to be a [...]
The Swiss tennis ace has received many honours during his professional playing career, but none are quite as unusual as the honour recently bestowed upon him by the small town of Halle, Germany. Halle’s city fathers have renamed one of streets leading to the town’s well-known tennis stadium Roger-Federer-Allee in [...]
Roger Federer had to dig deep to overcome Canadian super talent Milos Raonic and book his place in the third round of the Madrid Masters. The no.3 seed Swiss defeated the Canadian in three thrilling sets, winning 4-6 7-5 7-6 (4) in 2 hours and 13 minutes. It was always [...]
Canadian Milos Raonic set up a second round match against Roger Federer at the Mutua Madrid Open after defeating Argentine David Nalbandian 6-4 6-4. Raonic never really looked under pressure throughout the match. He broke Nalbandian in his opening service game and comfortably served out the first set. The crucial [...]
Admired across the world for their elite playing skills and their enviable combined wealth, the tennis world’s Big Four are now being regarded even more highly for their selfless integrity. In a move rarely seen in the competitive tennis world, the men’s top 4-ranked players – Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, [...]
Being just a couple of weeks away and with excitement levels building as the world’s top players start to think about their warm up competitions at Queen’s, Halle and The Boodles, we thought it would be a good idea to take a closer look at the Wimbledon Championships. The grass [...]
Roger Federer, the Swiss maestro has achieved everything that there is to achieve in tennis. Except for the Olympic singles gold medal.. Federer has won the doubles gold with Wawrinka at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, but the singles victory is still eluding him. He will have a chance to [...]
Over the last decade, we may well have seen the biggest rivalry ever seen in tennis, that being the one between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Of course there were other great match-ups in the past, like McEnroe – Borg or Sampras – Agassi, but the one between the Swiss [...]
31st seed American Andy Roddick defeated the no.3 seed Roger Federer in the 3rd round of the Miami Tennis Masters, winning 7-6 (4) 1-6 6-4 and proved that he can still mix it with the top guys. This was only the third victory for Roddick out of the 24 career [...]
