Mercifully the set flashed by in 16 breathtaking minutes as Federer whizzed into the quarter-finals with a 6-0, 7-5, 6-4 win.
China unveiled an extravagant farewell to the Olympics on Sunday and David Beckham, the world's most famous football player, said hello by kicking a ball to start the countdown to London 2012. The appearance of Beckham on top of a red double-decker bus that unfolded into a hedge-clipped silhouette of London sent 91,000 fans into a frenzy in the futuristic Bird's Nest stadium.
A few good people who decided to quit good jobs for better ideas.
The Egyptian becomes the fastest player to score 50 goals for Liverpool, achieving the feat in 65 games.
'The snakes and ladders game will continue till the consolidation process is complete simply because we don't know how bad the scene is, with some of the banks being merged,' says Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Did you want to be on the set too?
The meeting between United States President Barack Obama and Russia's Vladimir Putin was, by their own high standards, weird.
Blue Waters Movie Makers' Nenjathai Killadhae, directed by Ahathian is a love-story that's a jumble of cliches and silliness.
The Romanian broke Williams's serve in the first game but that was the only one she managed for the rest of the opening set as the American bulldozed her way through the set in 20 minutes, serving it out with an ace.
The world No 1 has lost too much ground this year. Wimbledon may see him salvage pride.
Dr Gupta handled Shivade's blows with quite some equanimity... So it was often only Shivade down in the mud pit, egging and enticing the doctor to join the fight, while Dr Gupta cautiously kept to the sidelines, barely stepping a toe into the mud.
Barcelona's 16-year-old forward Ansu Fati continued his explosive start to life in the first team by scoring and providing an assist as the La Liga champions thrashed Valencia 5-2 on Saturday.
The amount involved is just 3.6 per cent of our forex reserves and the gains to be made are huge -- not to try the idea would be foolhardy.
Lungi Ngidi was full of praise for the Pune surface where he wrecked Kings XI Punjab on Sunday in a stellar display of pace bowling in the batsman-dominated format.
Famed for her on-court grunts, Maria Sharapova admitted she let out a loud yelp of unadulterated joy on New Year's Eve.
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The first official photographs from the christening of Princess Charlotte were released on Thursday.
Mukesh Ambani getting his palm read by Rakesh Sharma at USIBC Gala Dinner
Funnyman Cyrus Brocha's jokes made up for SRK's absence at the press meet to announce the tie-up between MTV Lycra Awards and Farah Khan's new film, Om Shanti Om.
The first goal was diverted off Filippo Inzaghi's shoulder to beat Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina.
I don't know about you, but speaking for myself, I am heartily sick of the amount of discussion and debate that currently centers around "mind games", writes Prem Panicker.
An interview with Kekoo Colah, executive director of Knight Frank (India) Pvt Ltd.
The martial arts star is in town to promote The Myth.
Today, individuals are promoting old film posters as a valid art form and auctioning them, through varied platforms.
Sheela Bhatt reports on the prime minister's dinner for the UPA's allies, supporters and likely partners.
After being left out of Brazil's first squad, Ronaldinho has been dumped on the substitutes' bench.
'Philosophy, politics and practicality cross paths in Mohalla Assi's ambitious premise.' 'Except it is directed in such an unwieldy fashion that instead of rich satire, what emerges is a lumbering flab of incoherence and opinion glut,' notes Sukanya Verma.
No doctor in the world can tell if you are pregnant just by checking your pulse. Watch out for at least one for these signs.
'Normally, I'm very sure about what I look like on screen and what I portray on screen. But, with Savitri, I was not so confident,' Kajol tells Savera R Someshwar/Rediff.com.
Indian weightlifting had two contrasting medallists to celebrate on Day 2 of the Commonwealth Games, in Gold Coast, on Friday.
Virat Kohli's hundred in the first Test against England provides just the kind of inspiration that a struggling Indian batting line-up needed, feels Chris Gayle.
The Swedish striker, who has amassed an Aladdin's cave of silverware that includes 11 league titles in four European countries, is LA Galaxy's biggest foreign acquisition since David Beckham in 2007.
Sachin Tendulkar may have retired from cricket but he still rules the hearts of fans with chants of 'Sachin, Sachin' reverberating once again at the Feroz Shah Kotla as the chief mentor of Mumbai Indians side walked out before the start of the IPL game in New Delhi.
Nagesh Kukunoor discusses Dor, it's climax, and the fears success brings.
'The juice from the foot is not something I wish to drink. Especially someone else's'
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