London: The ATP says Novak Djokovic has clinched the year-end No. 1 ranking in men's tennis. Djokovic lost the top spot to Roger Federer in July but will return to No. 1 next week. The ATP says Federer will drop points from his 2011 title wins at the Swiss Indoors and Paris Masters. He lost in the Swiss Indoors final Sunday to Juan Martin del Potro, and then pulled out...
09:46 AM, Oct 30, 2012
Basel, Switzerland: Roger Federer pulled out of the Paris Masters on Sunday to rest for the ATP World Tour Finals in London. The indoor Paris tournament starts Monday. The top-ranked Swiss announced his withdrawal after losing a 2-hour, 44-minute final against Juan Martin del Potro at the Swiss Indoors. "It's the only right decision for me," he said. "I had some niggling stuff and I didn't want to take a...
01:12 PM, Oct 29, 2012
Basel, Switzerland: Juan Martin del Potro took Roger Federer's Swiss Indoors title on Sunday, beating the hometown favorite 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (3) in the final. Del Potro showed an impressive all-around game to help avenge a heartbreaking loss to Federer in the Olympic semi-finals in August. Federer, who won his hometown event five of the past six years, was seeking his 77th career title to tie John McEnroe at...
09:49 PM, Oct 28, 2012
Basel: Juan Martin del Potro eased into Swiss Indoors final by beating Richard Gasquet of France 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday. The second-seeded Argentinian will face either Roger Federer or another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu, on Sunday. Del Potro's eighth ace sealed his 61st victory of the season, a career best. He improved to 16-1 on indoor hard courts in 2012, with his only loss coming against Federer in the Rotterdam final...
08:18 PM, Oct 27, 2012
The rivalry between Federer and Nadal is legendary but Nadal's fitness issues and the rise of other tennis superstars has paved way for another intriguing duel between Djokovic and Murray.
02:00 PM, Oct 26, 2012
Basel: Roger Federer edged Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-5 Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament. The top-ranked Federer saved four consecutive set points in the second-set tiebreaker before the 34th-ranked Bellucci tied the second-round match. It was not until match point that Federer, who held serve throughout, had the decisive breakpoint chance in the decider. Federer will face either Benoit Paire...
01:00 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Basel: Roger Federer eased to victory in the first round of his hometown Swiss Indoors event on Monday, beating Germany's Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-3. Federer, the defending champion who is seeking his sixth Basel title in seven years, served 10 aces against the 83rd-ranked qualifier. The top-ranked Swiss is heavily favored to claim his seventh title this year after U.S. Open champion Andy Murray pulled out with a back injury...
11:57 AM, Oct 23, 2012
Shanghai: Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic cruised through their semi-finals at the Shanghai Masters on Saturday to set up a repeat of their memorable US Open final last month. Murray, bidding for a hat-trick of titles in Shanghai, overpowered world number one Roger Federer 6-4 6-4 after Djokovic dispatched Tomas Berdych for the loss of one less game. Federer, who conceded a crucial break of serve in the first set...
08:43 PM, Oct 13, 2012
Madrid: Rafa Nadal's steady recuperation from a knee injury is proceeding according to plan and he is not going to rush back before it has healed properly, the world number four said. In an interview with Reuters in Madrid, the 11-time grand slam singles champion said he was still feeling some pain in his left knee and would only return to the court when that was no longer the case....
08:31 AM, Sep 25, 2012
Amsterdam: A singles win from Roger Federer gave Switzerland the decisive point to stay in the top tier of the Davis Cup after taking an unassailable 3-1 lead over the Netherlands Sunday in the best-of-five playoff fixture. World No.1 Federer dominated Dutch No.1 Robin Haase in Sunday's first singles rubber here to win 6-1, 6-4, 6-4. Earlier, Italy kept its spot in the top-level World Group after going 3-1 up...
06:23 PM, Sep 16, 2012
Zurich: Roger Federer has confirmed that he will play in Switzerland's Davis Cup playoff tie away to Netherlands at the weekend, the Swiss Tennis Federation said on Tuesday. Federer will join Stanislas Wawrinka, Marco Chiudinelli and debutant Henri Laaksonen as the Swiss try to keep their place in the world group. Federer has made irregular Davis Cup appearances, playing 21 ties since 1999, and two years ago faced some rare...
11:55 PM, Sep 11, 2012
New York: Maybe Roger Federer got too much time off between U.S. Open matches. This much is certain: He won't be playing again at this year's tournament after losing to Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals. Five-time champion Federer departs Flushing Meadows before the semifinals for the first time since 2003, stunned by the sixth-seeded Berdych 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday night. Federer's forehand was way off, while the...
09:27 AM, Sep 06, 2012
New York: A ruthless Serena Williams charged into the US Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Czech Andrea Hlavackova after Roger Federer was gifted a spot in the last eight when Mardy Fish withdrew from the year's final grand slam. Showing no mercy against her 82nd ranked opponent, Williams sent an ominous warning of her intention to add the US Open title to her recent wins...
08:36 AM, Sep 04, 2012
New York: Serena Williams does not enjoy viewing videos of her losses. Not one bit. She used to engage in that sort of film work, Williams said, but "it was so painful; it was like stabbing myself." So even though Williams knew her third-round opponent at the US Open would be the same woman she lost to at the Australian Open, preparing by studying a replay of that January defeat...
08:29 AM, Sep 02, 2012
New York: His opponent was pretty sure he had put the lob out of Roger Federer's reach. Not quite. Federer extended his body, reached up to his backhand side and angled it off for a winner. That was one of 32 shots Federer won from the net Thursday night in what, at times, looked like a practice match for the 17-time Grand Slam champion " a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory...
08:29 AM, Aug 31, 2012
New York: Roger Federer looks to cap an "incredible" season when he launches his bid for a sixth US Open title against American Donald Young on Monday. Federer beat Briton Andy Murray to win the 2012 Wimbledon title, regained his world number one ranking and comes into the final grand slam of the year in ominous form. "I'm just happy how I'm playing," said Federer. "I already reached my goal...
12:48 PM, Aug 27, 2012
New York: Defending champion Novak Djokovic said he feels "physically stronger and better prepared" than ever going into the US Open, which begins on Monday. The world number two, who lost the top spot and his Wimbledon title when he was beaten by Roger Federer in the semi-finals last month, has won the last three hard-court grand slam events. The 25-year-old bounced back from missing out on an Olympic medal...
06:20 PM, Aug 26, 2012
New York: Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic rose to fifth in the new WTA rankings published on Sunday after winning the New Haven Open. Kvitova defeated Russia's Maria Kirilenko 7-6(9), 7-5 in a close-fought final on Saturday to swap places with Angelique Kerber of Germany, who is now sixth in the table. Belarus' Victoria Azarenka remains the World No. 1 ahead of Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska and Russia's Maria Sharapova. Reaching...
05:47 PM, Aug 26, 2012
