WIMBLEDON, England — If Roger Federer’s performances at Wimbledon weren’t already the stuff of poetry, they certainly will be this year.
WIMBLEDON, England — If Roger Federer’s performances at Wimbledon weren’t already the stuff of poetry, they certainly will be this year.
DUESSELDORF, Germany - Brothers Bob and Mike Bryan arrived too late to play but the United States made light of the absence of the top-ranked doubles pair to seal a 2-1 win over Australia in the World Team Cup on Monday.
American Venus Williams, beaten finalist in Madrid at the weekend, moved up one spot to second in the WTA rankings behind younger sister Serena on Monday.
PARIS - Spaniard Rafael Nadal overtook Serb Novak Djokovic to move into second spot in the ATP world rankings released here on Monday.
Federer shrugged off his Madrid Masters final defeat against Nadal and insisted it’s all to play for at the French Open where he is the defending champion.
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) to win the Madrid Masters on Sunday, gaining revenge for the defeat he suffered at the hands of the world number one in last year’s final.
Federer and Nadal will renew their rivalry a year after their last meeting as both played through in three sets into an all-star final at the Madrid Masters.
MADRID - Roger Federer clinched a revenge win over Ernests Gulbis to reach the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Friday while Rafael Nadal also made the last four to move closer to reclaiming the world number two spot.
Seventh seed Jelena Jankovic failed to handle the blistering shots of outsider Aravane Rezai or the unseasonably cold temperature as she slumped out of the Madrid Open
PARIS - Former world number one Kim Clijsters has pulled out of the French Open starting on May 23 because she has not fully recovered from an injury to her left foot, organisers said on Friday.