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Federer eyes year-end top spot

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-22

ROGER Federer held court in a plush hotel on the banks of the River Thames on Friday and left nobody in any doubt he was determined to become only the second male player to reclaim the year-end No. 1 spot. The...

Tough draw for Federer at Tour finals

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-19

WORLD No. 1 Roger Federer will face his US Open conqueror Juan Martin del Potro in the round-robin stage of the ATP Tour finals after getting the rough end of yesterday's draw for the season finale. The Swiss,...

Nadal leads Spain in Davis Cup against Czechs

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-17

RAFAEL Nadal will lead defending champion Spain in next month's Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic. The second-ranked Spaniard returns to the team for the first time since winning both singles matches...

Error-prone Federer makes early Paris exit

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-12

WORLD number one Roger Federer slumped to a surprise 3-6 7-6 6-4 defeat by unheralded Frenchman Julien Benneteau in the second round of the Paris Masters yesterday. Top seed Federer, who had a first-round bye,...

Djokovic denies Federer at home

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-10

WORLD No. 1 Roger Federer missed out on a fourth successive Swiss Indoors title when he lost to third-ranked Novak Djokovic in the final of his hometown tournament in Basel on Sunday. The Serbian won 6-4, 4-6,...

Federer has easy ride to quarterfinals

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-6

THREE-TIME defending champion Roger Federer cruised into the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals by beating Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-3, 6-3 in Basel on Wednesday. Federer served solidly to make it six matches against the...

Federer makes winning home return

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-4

WORLD No. 1 Roger Federer, playing his first match for six weeks, beat qualifier Olivier Rochus in straight sets on Monday to open his defence of his Swiss Indoors ATP title in Basel. Federer, who has not played...

Federer easily beats Rochus after 6-week break

Sports | Tennis
2009-11-3

ROGER Federer made a winning return from a six-week break yesterday, beating Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-4 at his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament. The top-ranked Federer looked rested and refreshed after...

Federer to be Expo ace card

Metro | World Expo
2009-10-24

WORLD No. 1 tennis player Roger Federer may appear at the Swiss Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo next year "to shake hands with his fans," the top official of the country's Expo showcase said yesterday. ...

Nadal through after Ljubicic retires

Sports | Tennis
2009-10-17

TOP seed Rafael Nadal moved into the semifinals of the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 last night when Ivan Ljubicic became the eighth player to retire from the US$3.24 million tournament. The Spanish world No. 2 had...