London: Roger Federer does not have a clue about the turmoil that rocked Indian tennis before the Olympics but the world number one is quite sure that Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna have a decent chance of winning a medal at the London Games. Bhupathi and Bopanna had a bitter feud with the All India Tennis Association after refusing to play with India's no. 1 doubles player Leander Paes and...
11:07 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Serbia's Novak Djokovic is hoping to leave London with a better result than the bronze medal he won on his Olympic debut in Beijing. Djokovic is the second seed for the men's singles, having been nudged off the world number one spot earlier this month by Roger Federer after the Swiss snapped up his seventh Wimbledon title. "In the past when you win Olympic Games you are considered immortal...
02:00 AM, Jul 27, 2012
London: Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova are among a host of top tennis stars who have snubbed the Athletes Village in a bid to avoid the travel headaches that have plagued the build-up to the Olympics. While the majority of their compatriots competing at the Games will be staying at the village at the Olympic site in Stratford, east London, Federer, Sharapova and many of their peers will be on...
12:32 PM, Jul 25, 2012
London: World number one players Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka will head the list of seeded players in the draws for the London Olympics' tennis tournament. The draw will be held at Wimbledon on Thursday for the star-packed tennis competition beginning Saturday, Xinhua reports. Each of the singles tournaments has 64 competitors, with 16 seeds based on the world rankings of June 11. Reigning Wimbledon champion Federer aims to win...
03:40 PM, Jul 24, 2012
The Swiss, who has won 17 Grand Slams, also bagged gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. ...
11:43 AM, Jul 22, 2012
London: Roger Federer has surpassed Pete Sampras to set the record for the most weeks at No. 1 in the ATP rankings. After winning Wimbledon a week ago, Federer returned to the top for the first time since June 2010, and his 287th week at No. 1 " one more than Sampras. The 17-time Grand Slam champion says he is "extremely proud and honoured to have beaten Pete's record as...
03:34 PM, Jul 16, 2012
Wimbledon: Roger Federer won his record-tying seventh Wimbledon title Sunday, beating Andy Murray 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 under a closed roof on Centre Court. The 17-time Grand Slam champion excelled once the roof was closed early in the third set, giving Murray little chance to end Britain's 76-year wait for a homegrown champion. Federer is now 17-7 in Grand Slam finals, including 7-1 at Wimbledon. Murray dropped to 0-4 in...
10:53 PM, Jul 08, 2012
London: Pete Sampras expects Roger Federer to beat Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final, allowing the Swiss star to tie two of the American's records: seven titles at the All England Club, and 286 weeks ranked No. 1. "Personally," Sampras said with a chuckle, "I've gotten used to Roger breaking my records." Speaking to the Associated Press via telephone from Los Angeles on Friday, Sampras called Federer "a great champion,...
09:53 AM, Jul 07, 2012
Wimbledon: The buzz around Centre Court gradually increased while Andy Murray inched closer to ending one of the longest waits in British sports. A tennis crowd used to disappointments finally saw reason to believe, with the classic shouts of "Come on Andy" at Wimbledon over the last seven years coupled with the added encouragement: "You can do it." And, in his fourth attempt in four years, Murray finally did. Murray...
11:08 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Friday paid a visit to the All England Club to watch the marquee semifinal match between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer in Wimbledon. Tendulkar, who decided to skip India's limited overs series in Sri Lanka starting later this month, was at the Wimbledon Royal Box along with his wife Anjali. The iconic Indian batsman, who is passionate about tennis and a Federer fan, has...
07:49 PM, Jul 06, 2012
London: Roger Federer had to stave off a comeback rather than make one on Monday, holding off Xavier Malisse in four sets to reach the Wimbledon quarter-finals. Federer struggled with a back problem in the first set and left Centre Court for a medical timeout of more than eight minutes when leading 4-3, but came back to secure a 7-6 (1), 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 victory over the Belgian. Federer said...
09:17 PM, Jul 02, 2012
London: Good thing Wimbledon schedules its middle Sunday as a day off. This year, that gave everyone a chance to catch their breath after an eventful Week 1. Really, when action resumes on Monday with all 16 men's and women's fourth-round matches, what could Week 2 possibly have in store to equal what the first six days offered? There was two-time champion Rafael Nadal's loss in the second round to...
09:31 PM, Jul 01, 2012
Wimbledon: Roger Federer overcame a two-set deficit on Friday at Wimbledon to avoid his earliest Grand Slam exit since 2004. The six-time champion found himself two points from defeat on six occasions but survived a tense fourth-set tiebreaker and beat Julien Benneteau in the third round, 4-6, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 7-6 (6), 6-1. "It was a tough match," Federer said. "Oh my God, it was brutal. Obviously, a bit of...
08:01 AM, Jun 30, 2012
Wimbledon: Roger Federer put on quite a display in front of Prince Charles, sweeping aside Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 in the second round of Wimbledon on Wednesday. Federer and his Italian opponent bowed to Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, in the Royal Box before their match, and the Swiss six-time champion then showed them the type of tennis that helped him rule on Centre Court for...
07:14 PM, Jun 27, 2012
London: Andy Murray begins his Wimbledon campaign on Centre Court on Tuesday against Nikolay Davydenko, and he has already been backed to reach the semi-finals for the fourth successive year by six-time champion Roger Federer. Murray is once again bidding to become the first British winner of the tournament since Fred Perry in 1936, and his results in recent months, coupled with the form of Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal and...
01:30 PM, Jun 26, 2012
Wimbledon: Roger Federer had a familiar result on an unfamiliar court in the first round at Wimbledon. The Swiss six-time champion was assigned to play his opening game on Court 1 instead of on Centre Court at the All England Club for the first time since 2003, but was his usual dominant self in beating Albert Ramos 6-1, 6-1, 6-1 on Monday. Federer broke Ramos eight times while losing his...
10:35 PM, Jun 25, 2012
London: Any men's competitor not named Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer might as well stay clear of the All England Club for the next six weeks as the tennis world gears up for a double blockbuster smash at Wimbledon. Dozens of bit-part players will be determined to break up the domination enjoyed by title-holder Djokovic, double winner Nadal and six-times former champion Federer, but the evidence suggests the...
10:30 AM, Jun 22, 2012
