London: On an indoor court, Roger Federer can win even when he's not playing his best. He proved that again on Thursday at the ATP finals, beating David Ferrer 6-4, 7-6 (5) and advancing to the semifinals with a match to spare despite struggling with his serve and scrambling to stay in long rallies.
Federer, a six-time champion at the season-ending event for the top eight players in the world, made only 53 percent of his first serves at the O2 Arena. And in his first two service games alone, he was forced to save six break points.
But he did save them, and three others, while getting broken only once. With the victory, Federer improved his record over Ferrer to 14-0. In 10 years of facing each other, Ferrer has won only three sets against the 17-time Grand Slam champion.
That looked like it was going to change on Thursday. The retriever Ferrer got to ball after ball to extend the rallies and keep Federer on the move. In the opening game, the Spaniard quickly took a 0-40 lead but failed to convert any of his three break chances....
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10:00 PM, Nov 08, 2012
New Delhi: The Centre has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court on tiger tourism urging the court to lift the ban on tiger tourism in core areas of sanctuaries. The Centre says tourism should be allowed in 20 per cent of core areas and that the states should evolve guidelines to protect tiger habitat and tigers. The apex court had earlier slammed the government for its re-think on the...
02:02 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Haroon Lorgat has said that ICC will not consider the idea of incorporating IPL into the Future Tours Programme. ...
04:41 PM, Jun 13, 2012
The BCCI has issued the schedule for tours by New Zealand and England between August 2012 and February 2013. ...
04:06 PM, May 22, 2012
On board special aircraft: President Pratibha Patil yet again came out with a strong defence of her foreign tours, saying she was forced to go public on the issue despite government clarifications. "Some things were explained in the briefing of the External Affairs Ministry. Commerce Minister Anand Sharma also said that it was very unfortunate to raise controversy over the President's visits. "Some things were such that I needed to...
03:51 PM, May 08, 2012
Kuala Lumpur: Jeev Milkha Singh registered his best card of the week as he moved up to 14th from overnight 25th at the end of the third day of the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic here. Jeev, despite missing a lot of birdies, had six of them against two bogeys, one of them on the closing 18th just like the second day. However, the last bogey left a bitter taste for...
04:00 PM, Oct 29, 2011
London: A Canadian man is on a tour across the world and imagine who is accompanying him - six sex dolls, each wearing glamorous outfits, lingerie, wigs and stilettos. Dave Hockey, 57, has taken his 'silicone beauties' on trips across Britain and the US and insists his wife 'doesn't mind'. He has splashed out a whopping 16,000 pounds ($25,000) to travel around the world with the dolls, The Sun reported....
04:26 PM, Jan 26, 2011
New Delhi: India is growing enormously and increasing numbers of books are being sold here, says international bestselling author Ken Follett who is eyeing the country's 89 million English-speaking people, much more than in England. "I am here in India because books are growing. There are apparently 89 million people in India for whom English is the first language. It is more than the number in England. This country is...
02:32 PM, Dec 15, 2010
The first time Michael Clarke captained an Australian side, it was in a Twenty20 against New Zealand in December 2007. Regular skipper Ricky Ponting had opted to rest ahead of a big home series against India, which Australia then the top-ranked team in the world won amid plenty of drama and no little controversy. Four years later, India are back in Australia and this time Clarke now permanent captain is...
11:30 AM, Apr 01, 2008
London: England spinner Graeme Swann said that his captain Andrew Strauss is his hero. I spend half my working life standing next to Andrew Strauss and I have to admit he is a bit of a hero to me. Strauss is a magnificent leader and his contribution to England's climb to the top of the world Test rankings has been absolutely massive, Swann wrote in his column in The Sun....
05:18 PM, Feb 21, 2008
The 2nd Contours International Lingerie Awards (CILA) gala was held in New York. ...
12:06 PM, Aug 08, 2007
In an effort to revive J&K's main revenue earner, tourism, the state govt is promoting adventure sports in Doda. ...
05:40 PM, Apr 28, 2007
