London ATP: Zverev and Djokovic through to final on November 18, 2018Alexander Zverev denied Roger Federer a chance to win his 100th career title by beating him 7-5 and 7-6 in a closely contested match at the Nitto ATP Finals in the semi-final on Saturday. The match took a dramatic turn when Alexander Zverev stopped a rally on his serve, trailing 3-4 in the second-set tiebreaker, […]
London ATP finals: Federer, Djokovic, Anderson through to semi-finals on November 17, 2018Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Kevin Anderson have qualified for the semi-finals of the London ATP, the tournament where the top-eight men’s single and doubles players are competing for the most prestigious masters title on the men’s tour. Roger Federer produced his best performance so far in the tournament to beat Kevin Anderson in straight […]
Bernard Tomic’s three-year title drought comes to an end on October 1, 2018Bernard Tomic — currently ranked 123rd in the world and former top 20 player — won the Chendgu title to end his three-year title drought on Sunday, beating Fognini, the top seed, 6-1, 3-6 And 7-6( 9-7) in a nail-bitting contest. Coming into this match, Tomic hadn’t played any player ranked as high as the […]
Team Europe retains Laver Cup on September 25, 2018 What an exciting week of Tennis! Team Europe prevailed after producing tennis of the highest order, and successfully defended their title against Team World in the process. Federer came in his match against John Isner as Team Europe trailed by 7-8 points, with 3 crucial points up for grabs. The Swiss maestro saved three […]
Federer and Nadal on course to meet in Wimbledon final on July 11, 2018Federer produced an almost-impeccable performance on the center court, beating France’s Adrian Marinaro 6-0, 6-4 and 7-5 and booking a berth in the last eight. Hitherto, Federer has won 32 consecutive sets at Wimbledon, two sets short of this personal best back in 2006. Interestingly, he is five sets behind Nadal’s record of 37 consecutive […]
Federer extends his winning streak to 20 in Halle on June 24, 2018 The World No. 1 and nine-time Halle champion, Roger Federer, is through to the final again courtesy of his win over Denis Kudla of Ukraine on Sunday. The pair, Federer and Kudla, had met once before at Cincinnati in 2012, where Federer prevailed in straight sets 6-4 and 6-1. Last Sunday, Federer regained the […]
Federer chasing number 1 spot this week on June 15, 2018 After a transient hiatus during the clay court season, we will get to see Roger Federer -the Swiss maestro- in action this week in Stuttgart, Germany. A similar approach helped him win Wimbledon In 2017 irrespective of the fact last year he lost here in the first round. He skipped the clay court […]