Post Tagged with: "Roger Federer"
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Haas defeats Federer in Halle final
German wild card holder Tommy Haas won his second Gerry Weber Open title after defeating 16 time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in Sunday’s final in Halle, winning 7-6 (5) 6-4. Federer, who beat Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in yesterday’s semis, was seeking to win his 6th title at this Wimbledon [...] -
Baby Federer – Grigor Dimitrov – Federer Copy Without The Mind
Grigor Dimitrov has the nickname baby Federer. He’s got some of the shots but has been unable to duplicate what Roger Federer has got between the ears. -
Federer defeats Youzhny, plays Haas in Halle final
Roger Federer moved into his 7th Gerry Weber Open final after overcoming Russia’s Mikhail Youzhny in today’s semifinal, winning 6-1 6-4. The Swiss played some high quality grass court tennis as he stormed to take the first set in just 21 minutes, breaking Youzhny twice. Youzhny was struggling with Federer’s [...] -
Federer beats Raonic in a three set battle to reach SFs in Halle
Roger Federer battled his way through into the Gerry Weber Open semis after beating Canadian Milos Raonic 6-7 (4) 6-4 7-6 (3) in just under 2 hours. Both players showed off their very effective serves in set 1 and with no break point opportunities on either side, the set went [...] -
Federer sets up Raonic clash, beats Mayer in Halle
Roger Federer worked his way through to the Gerry Weber Open quarterfinals after defeating German Florian Mayer in straight sets 6-4 7-5. The Swiss had a couple of break points opportunities in the 6th and 8th games of the first set, but Mayer managed to hold. However, the German finally [...] -
Berdych and Raonic into last 8 in Halle
No.3 seed Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic reached the last 8 at the Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle after defeating world no.33 Viktor Troicki of Serbia 6-3 6-2. In a match that lasted just an hour, the Czech dominated in all departments, holding his serve with a lot of [...] -
Haas through in Halle after Tomic retires
Former Halle champion Tommy Haas booked his place in the second round after his opponent Australian Bernard Tomic was forced to pull out of the match at 5-2 in the German’s favour. Tomic, who has been ill for the past few days, decided to give up the fight after 22 [...] -
Kohlschreiber and Raonic through to second round in Halle
Defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany booked his place in the second round of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle after defeating German wild card holder Dustin Brown in two tiebreaks 7-6 (4) 7-6 (4). Next up for Kohlschreiber will be Lukasz Kubot of Poland, who overcame Finn Jarkko Nieminen [...] -
Djokovic blasts Federer out of Roland Garros, sets up Nadal final
Novak Djokovic sets up a 2012 Roland Garros clash against the defending champion Rafael Nadal. The Serb demolished the former world no.1 Roger Federer in straight sets, winning 6-4 7-5 6-3. Set 1: Federer comes out strong to go a break up but he is immediately pegged back by the [...] -
Nadal reaches Roland Garros final with convincing victory over Ferrer
Defending champion Rafael Nadal became the first finalist at the 2012 French Open with a straigh forward win over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer. Having pushed Nadal extremely close in Barcelona two weeks ago, many people were expecting a close contest, but the world no.2 was dominant from the start, winning [...] -
Djokovic vs. Federer 2012 Roland Garros SF match preview
Novak Djokovic (1) versus Roger Federer (3) The dominance currently exerted by the top three players in men’s tennis can have the unfortunate side effect of making any given tournament’s draw look lop sided. At Roland Garros, the world number three Roger Federer will take on Novak Djokovic in the [...] -
Djokovic survives 4 matchpoints to beat Tsonga at Roland Garros, plays Federer in SFs
Novak Djokovic came back from the brink to defeat Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, saving four matchpoints on his way to an epic 6-1 5-7 5-7 7-6 (6) 6-1 victory in the quarterfinals of this year’s French Open. With this win, the Serbian set up a semifinal encounter against his big rival [...] -
Federer battles back to beat Del Potro and moves into French Open SFs
Roger Federer came back from two sets down to defeat the Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, winning 3-6 6-7 (4) 6-2 6-0 6-3 and bookig his place in the semifinals of the 2012 Roland Garros. Delpo managed to break Federer’s serve twice to take a 4-1 lead in the first [...]
