Federer back on winning track after Halle opener

June 20, 2017 6

Roger Federer lost his first grass-court match of the season last week in Stuttgart, but he bounced back with a 6-3, 6-1 rout of Yuichi Sugita in the opening round of the Gerry Weber Open on Tuesday. Federer fired eight aces without double-faulting a single time to prevail in a mere 52 minutes. […]

Nadal following Federer’s lead with rest before Wimbledon

June 19, 2017 100

Rafael Nadal decided to give himself at least some rest in advance of the season’s third Grand Slam. On the heels of playing 25 clay-court matches this spring, and finishing second best in only one of those 25, the Spaniard decided to skip this week’s grass-court event at Queen’s Club. […]

Federer, Thiem headline Halle field

June 18, 2017 6

Roger Federer has a chance to rebound at the Gerry Weber Open, where mistakes have been few and far between throughout his illustrious career. The current world No. 5 is 54-6 lifetime at the event and he had won 15 matches in a row before falling to Alexander Zverev in last year’s semis.

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Federer’s first grass match ends in upset loss to Haas

June 14, 2017 30

Although Tommy Haas’ retirement may be a matter of weeks away, he showed on Wednesday at the Mercedes Cup that he still has plenty left in the tank if he wants to keep going. The 39-year-old stunned No. 1 seed and 18-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in three sets. […]

Federer withdraws from French Open

May 15, 2017 88

Roger Federer is out of the French Open. Federer, who announced earlier this season that he would skip all of the clay-court Masters 1000 events but left open the possibility of playing in Paris, made his decision on Tuesday. […]

Madrid Masters preview and predictions

May 6, 2017 32

Following a week of 250-point tournaments, the stars are back on court for the second of this year’s three clay-court Masters 1000 events. Rafael Nadal is off to a perfect 10-0 start on the red stuff in 2017, with No. 10 titles in both Monte-Carlo and Barcelona. He is going for “only” his fifth title in Madrid. […]

Federer takes another title in Miami with third straight win over Nadal

April 2, 2017 14

Roger Federer improved to 19-1 this season and captured his third title by cruising past Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 34 minutes in the Miami Open final on Sunday. The Swiss triumphed at the Australian Open, Indian Wells Masters, and Miami Masters in a single year for just the second time in his career, having previously accomplished the feat in 2006. […]

Miami final preview and prediction: Federer vs. Nadal

April 1, 2017 739

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will be facing each other for the 37th time in their careers and for the third time already this season when they battle for the Miami title on Sunday afternoon. Federer and Nadal went 15 months without a single meeting before colliding at both the Australian Open and the Indian Wells Masters earlier this year. […]

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