Twitter all aflutter again as Roger Federer expects…and delivers
It’s a good thing Roger Federer has an equable temperament because, these days, he can hardly draw breath without making headlines. We have to return to last Christmas Eve for […]
Category Archives: Men’s Tennis
Success of O2 finale just one reason for Federer’s belief in London
Yet again, the O2 in London proved to be a near perfect setting for the climax of the men’s tennis tour at the end of 2013. There is no denying […]
That old Sampras & Agassi rivalry? “He was the best I ever played”
As the sun rose in the east on the first Monday in March, so began a day of celebration for what has become one of the most global sports in […]
It’s been all change for Roger Federer in 2014, but that’s nothing new
And so, as the ATP World Tour website pronounced a month ago, “the 2014 season begins.” Nothing new there, of course: The men’s tennis tour always starts its New Year […]
Australia heralds new Grand Slam champion, but modest Wawrinka is his old self
When Stan Wawrinka awoke on his first morning as a Grand Slam champion, the reality may finally have begun to sink in. For when he faced the cheering crowd of […]
Federer advocates tougher stance on dope testing after Troicki ban
It turned into one of the most unusual post-match press conferences of the year. Novak Djokovic had just beaten Roger Federer in his round-robin match at the World Tour Masters […]
ATP player of 2013: Rafael Nadal’s fighting spirit burned bright
The beginning of 2013 was hardly the most auspicious for Rafael Nadal. He was scheduled to return to the tennis stage for the first time since his gruelling—and what turned […]
David Nalbandian signs off for good—with help of Nadal
Perhaps it was written in the stars back in May when the charismatic David Nalbandian disappeared once again to undergo surgery. For the 31-year-old Argentine—a Wimbledon finalist at the age […]
Andy Murray: The champion who won our hearts
As the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year awards loom on the Christmas horizon, the name on everyone’s lips brought this nation to a standstill one Sunday afternoon in mid-Summer: […]
Murray and Federer quick to welcome tennis’s new biological passport
Against of growing chorus of encouragement from within its ranks—most vociferously Andy Murray and Roger Federer—tennis is set to introduce an Athlete Biological Passport Programme from 2013. The sport’s key […]
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