Roger Federer News

Top seeds Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic were semifinal winners Saturday and will meet for the title at the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament.

Friday, November 6, 2009 10:12 AM Dwarfed by Nadal and Federer Tom Tebbutt N ovak Djokovic is the forgotten man of the Big Three of men's tennis, dwarfed by the holy duality of Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Speedskater Celski says he'll be back for Games: Short-track speedskater J.R. Celski from Federal Way is confident he'll recover from a deep gash to his leg in time for February's Vancouver Olympics.

Playing his first tennis since losing in September's U.S. Open final, Swiss icon Roger Federer returned to the tennis courts with a first-round victory Monday at his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament.

With two remaining weeks on the ATP World Tour calender, the world's best will gather in Basel, Switzerland, and Valencia, Spain to take part in two respective 500 point events.

NO ACCIDENT: The eight-time Grand Slam champion wrote in his upcoming autobiography that he had lied to the ATP tour to explain away a positive drugs test AP , NEW YORK Thursday, Oct 29, 2009, Page 19 Andre Agassi walks back to his chair during a match against Roger Federer of Switzerland in the men s final at the US Open on Sept.

Ana Ivanovic, the 6-foot-1 Serb, is currently the top ranked player in the women'sgame and the leading money winner for 2008.

Officials at FINA, swimming's top authority, have voted to ban the Speedo LZR Racer swimsuits.

Mikhail Youzhny of Russia beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and Francesca Schiavone of Italy defeated Olga Govortsova of Belarus to win Kremlin Cup titles on Sunday.

Even though the stakes may not be as high as in their epic clashes of the past, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras match tomorrow will be anything but a friendly exhibition.

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Even though the stakes may not be as high as in their epic clashes of the past, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras aren't planning to put on a friendly exhibition.

Long before Nikolay Davydenko strapped on the Rolex awarded to the Shanghai Masters champion, Davydenko displayed his superb sense of timing.

The three-week, five-tournament Asian swing has come to an end. With a 500 event in Beijing and a new Masters 1000 event in Shanghai, it appears that China is the future tennis center of Asia.

Rafa Nadal moved into the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters on Friday when Ivan Ljubicic became the eighth player to retire from the $3.24 million tournament.

Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick complained Monday that the ATP season is too long and that tennis players need a proper offseason.

Nadal, vowing to overcome his semi-final crash last week in Beijing, did just that as he rousted Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-4, achieving a 5-0 career record over his compatriot without the loss of a set.

One more reason to buy a ticket to Rio in 2016? Tiger Woods . Rugby can start to scrum and golf can tee up after both sports were officially admitted to the 2016 Olympic program on Friday in a majority vote of the IOC membership in Copenhagen.

Rafael Nadal of Spain serves to James Blake of the US during the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai yesterday Top seed Rafa Nadal marched into the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters with a thoroughly entertaining 6-2, 6-7, 6-4 victory over American James Blake yesterday.

Tennis legend Andre Agassi sees Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Juan Martin del Potro at the forefront of a changing of the guard in men's tennis.