Having already accomplished his main goal at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Roger Federer capped off the week in style by capturing the title with a 6-2, 6-2 rout of Grigor Dimitrov in Sunday afternoon’s final. Federer dominated from start to finish against an ailing opponent, securing the winner’s trophy after a mere 55 minutes.
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There are not too many tennis records still out there that Roger Federer does not own. One of those few will belong to him next week. At 33 years and 13 days old, Andre Agassi is the oldest player to have ever been ranked No. 1 on the ATP Tour. Agassi won’t be close to the record come Monday. […]
Two down. One to go. Roger Federer picked up his second win of the week on Thursday night, advancing to the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament with a 7-6(8), 7-5 victory over Philipp Kohlschreiber. Federer will become No. 1 in the world next week if he reaches the semis. […]
Roger Federer is now just two wins away from clinching a return trip to the No. 1 ranking next Monday after making lightning-quick work of his ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament opener on Wednesday. Federer thrashed Ruben Bemelmans 6-1, 6-2 in 47 minutes while dropping a grand total of four points in eight service games. […]
Richard Gasquet took a 24-4 lifetime record in Montpellier with him into Sunday’s Open Sud de France final, but that did not matter to Lucas Pouille. In an all-French showdown, Pouille captured the fifth ATP title of his career by beating Gasquet 7-6(2), 6-4. Mirza Basic and Roberto Carballes Baena also captured titles.
An inspired Alexander Zverev, maintaining momentum from the most clutch Davis Cup performance of his career at Alex de Minaur’s expense, took advantage of a struggling Nick Kyrgios to dominate 6-2, 7-6(3), 6-2 and send the Germans through to the quarterfinals of tennis’ annual team competition. […]
Only two Davis Cup first-round sweeps were completed on Saturday, with the United States finishing off Serbia and Kazakhstan taking care of Switzerland. Ryan Harrison and Steve Johnson got the job done in doubles to send Team USA through to the quarterfinals against either Belgium or Hungary. […]
The United States will take Davis Cup wins any way they can get them during a decade-long drought without a title. It will certainly take two wins on the same day. Team USA got two wins on Friday and did it the hard way, battling past an undermanned but tough Serbian squad in a pair of singles rubbers. […]
The Davis Cup first-round tie between Germany and Australia is tied up 1-1 following the first day of action thanks to singles victories by Alexander Zverev and Nick Kyrgios. Zverev got the visitors off to a strong start–just barely–by battling past Alex de Minaur before Kyrgios took care of Jan-Lennard Struff in straight sets. […]
Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five…not 17, not 18, not 19…. No, Roger Federer is now the proud owner of 20 career Grand Slam titles. Federer extended his count to a full score by holding off Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the Australian Open final on Sunday night. […]
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