Post Tagged with: "Roger Federer"
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Federer overcomes Haas to reach Halle final, will play Youzhny for title
5 time Gerry Weber Open champion Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas after coming back from a set down to eventually prevail 3-6 6-3 6-4. The German, who beat Federer in last year’s final, started the encounter with a lot of confidence, taking Roger’s serve in the sixth game and paving [...] -
Federer to meet Haas in Halle semis
Roger Federer will play Tommy Haas in this year’s Gerry Weber semi-finals, a rematch from the last year’s final in which the German prevailed. Federer booked his semis spot with a more than impressive performance, double bageling his opponent Misha Zverev 6-0 6-0, second such an achievement in the Swiss’ [...] -
Federer shocked by Tsonga, Ferrer ends Robredo’s run in Paris
Roger Federer tamely exited from the French Open at the quarter final stage, losing in straight sets to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5 6-3 6-3. It was the first straight sets slam loss against someone outside of “The Big Four” since 2004. Things started well for Federer as he went up a break and [...] -
Match Analysis: Federer beats Simon at Roland Garros
1st Set Federer 6-1 “Sublime Federer too hot to handle for Simon.” Federer, the17-time Grand Slam champion bidding to reach his 36th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final, looked in great touch with some incredible free flowing tennis in the first set. The Swiss continually put pressure on Simon with his aggressive [...] -
Federer battles past Simon in five sets, Robredo ousts Almagro
Roger Federer was far from his best but finally came through in a tough five setter, defeating Gilles Simon in five sets 6-1 4-6 2-6 6-2 6-2. When Federer blitzed through the first set for the loss of just one game, it looked like he wouldn’t be around for long but halfway [...] -
Federer wins in straights, Monfils loses after holding match points
It was a fairly straight forward day for the Swiss with both Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka winning in straight sets. Federer defeated a slightly injured Julien Benneteau 6-3 6-4 7-5. Benneteau actually struck first, breaking in the opening game of the match but Federer hit back quickly to tie it up at [...] -
French Open Day 6: Matches to Watch
Marion Bartoli vs Mariana Duque-Marino Court Philippe Chatrier Bartoli fought off match points in an enthralling three hour encounter in round one to knock off Olga Govortsova despite being far from her best. Bartoli’s relationship with the French crowd has always been strange, never getting the support that most other [...] -
Federer demolishes Dev Varman in Paris, Monfils beats Gulbis
Roger Federer breezed through his second round clash at Roland Garros 2013, whilst Gael Monfils and Milos Raonic reached third round in four sets. FedEx is still warming up for tougher tests at French Open as he delivered an express victory in the match against 188th-ranked Indian Somdev Devvarman in [...] -
Federer eases into second round of French Open
Roger Federer eased into second round at Roland Garros 2013, whilst Gilles Simon turned around a five-setter against Hewitt. Sam Querrey also progressed. On the first day of this year’s edition of French Open the matches in the bottom part of the draw were played. One of the contenders for [...] -
Nadal hits top form against Federer to claim Rome title
Nadal vs Federer game by game report here: Nadal v Federer Rome 2013 final as it happened Rafa Nadal maintained his superb form and brushed aside Roger Federer to defend his Rome title at Internazionali BNL d’Italia 2013. Second seed Federer stood no chances in today’s Rome Masters final as [...] -
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Nadal beats Berdych to set up Rome final against Federer
Federer – Nadal Live Coverage Rome 2013 final The Rome crowd shall witness a classical final between second seed Roger Federer and the king of clay Rafa Nadal, seed number five – they both advanced in straight sets. Their only previous Rome Master final in 2006 lasted five sets [...] -
Nadal to meet Federer in Rome 2013 final
Follow the Federer vs Nadal Rome 2013 final here: Nadal v Federer Live Commentary Rome 2013 final Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will meet in a dream final at the Rome Masters 2013. Both players needed two sets in their Saturday’s semi-final clashes to book a place in Sunday’s [...]





