'We were the best team in Asia at one point. Today, we are barely in the reckoning for the Davis Cup.' 'Players now, especially this decade, lack perseverance.'
Defending champion Roger Federer will meet big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in the final of the Brisbane International after the Swiss top seed dismantled rising Austrian talent Dominic Thiem 6-1, 6-4 in Brisbane.
The world number one beat compatriot Ivo Heuberger 6-1, 6-3 to ease into the quarter-finals of the Thailand Open.
Second seed Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick 5-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 16-14 in an epic Wimbledon final to claim a record 15th Grand Slam title.
World No 1 Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 to win the US Open title at the Flushing Meadows in New York on Sunday.
If it is so dark that Hawkeye stops working, then matches should be called off at Wimbledon, Roger Federer said.
At 27, the second seed is still seeking his first Grand Slam title and hopes to become the first German man to win the Australian Open since Boris Becker in 1996.
Watching India and Australia compete in the series-deciding fifth Test was some experience for the 54-year-old American tennis legend.
Novak Djokovic won the Rome Masters for the fourth time by outwitting old rival Roger Federer on Sunday.
The problem with addictive TV box sets is that when the credits roll on the final episode it leaves a void.
World number one Roger Federer crushed sixth-seeded American Mardy Fish in the final of the Halle Open.
With the Davis Cup final against France looming, Roger Federer and his Swiss team mate Stanislas Wawrinka on Tuesday played down talk of an internal row, sparked by the pair's fiery clash at the ATP World Tour Finals last week.
'My priority will always be, as it is now, my family, my kids and my wife'
Switzerland's Roger Federer has fended off Pete Sampras's suggestion that he could win up 10 Wimbledon titles.
The second seeded Federer will take on Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
A jetlagged Pete Sampras paid a surprise first visit to Wimbledon for seven years on Sunday to watch Roger Federer overtake his record for grand slam wins, and then hailed the Swiss as the game's best-ever player.
The duo appear to have shaken off their respective ailments and return this week for the Pacific Life Open where they both triumphed in 2006.
Roger Federer stayed on track for a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam title when he swatted aside former champion Marat Safin in the third round. The anticipated clash of tennis juggernauts failed to materialise as the Swiss totally dominated the match between former world number ones to win 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 under floodlights.
The world number one beat unseeded Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-3 in the final.
A family holiday in the Maldives might seem a good time for Roger Federer to put the racket down, but the Swiss master could not resist the offer of a hit when he found out Marin Cilic was also relaxing in the islands.
Novak Djokovic's bid for a 100th ATP Tour title gained momentum on Thursday
Nadal to make injury return at Madrid Open
Roger Federer joined Marat Safin, Rafael Nadal and Guillermo Coria in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
A rampaging Roger Federer delivered a stunning reminder of his class at the Australian Open on Friday with a crushing 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 win over Tomas Berdych to storm into the fourth round.
"It has been a long time since I had to ask myself the question 'how can I beat this opponent?'," said Federer.
Roger Federer won a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title and 17th Grand Slam crown Sunday, shattering tearful Andy Murray's dream of ending Britain's 76-year wait for an All England Club men's champion.
A look at the 10 landmark matches from the 20-times Grand Slam champion's career.
Andy Roddick ran out of firepower and was dumped by David Ferrer at the Nasdaq-100 Open.
Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas 6-1, 6-3 in the fourth round in Miami.
A gale force in the shape of Roger Federer blew aside local favourite Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-3, 7-6 on a blustery Tuesday at the French Open as the Swiss set up a mouth-watering French Open semi-final with Novak Djokovic.
Federer beats Ruud, becomes oldest man to reach French Open 4th round since 1972
Roger Federer netted a record-equalling 233rd Grand Slam victory when he beat German Tobias Kamke 6-2, 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the French Open on Monday.
Champion Roger Federer will be number one seed for next week's Wimbledon championships despite being overtaken in the world rankings by Rafael Nadal. Federer, who claimed a sixth Wimbledon title in the absence of the injured Nadal last year, has benefited from the All England Club's unique seeding policy that takes in grasscourt pedigree and does not always stick rigidly to world rankings.
Eleven days after beating Federer in the Madrid Masters final, the unseeded Argentine beat the elegant Swiss in the third round of the Paris Masters.
17 is an incredible number. I want to enjoy the moment, says Nadal, who also admits he thought he would have retired by now.
The world number one began his Australian Open campaign in impressive form dismissing Uzbek Denis Istomin 6-2, 6-3, 6-2.
The world number one admitted he is concerned about finding out something about his first round opponent, Uzbek Denis Istomin.
