Roger Federer had picked out the Russian as his favourite player on the women's tour.
World No 1 tennis star Roger Federer has reportedly received death threats from an anonymous blogger on a Chinese website Baidu.com.
Juan Martin del Potro took advantage of an error-strewn Marin Cilic performance to beat the defending champion for a seventh time in a row on Saturday to set up another Swiss Indoors final showdown with Roger Federer.
Federer dismisses Nadal's suggestion to play ATP Finals on clay
Roger Federer will carry the hopes of the older generation when he faces Paul-Henri Mathieu in the third round of the French Open in Paris on Saturday. With 27-year-old Federer the only player among the world's top four to be aged over 22, Australian Lleyton Hewitt said he expected the Swiss to do the golden oldies proud at this year's claycourt Grand Slam.
A devil-may-care style of swashbuckling tennis failed to deliver John McEnroe from the most painful defeat of his career but the former world number one is convinced Roger Federer must adopt those same tactics to succeed in the Paris arena where he failed 25 years ago. The Swiss Federer, chasing a record-equalling 14th Grand Slam singles title, simply must do something different to alter the course of recent history, most pundits say.
Wimbledon fans with Centre Court tickets suffered the disappointment of seeing the opponents of title contenders Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic retire early in their matches - but they might have been given a bonus contest between the pair.
Laver Cup organisers say the exhibition event will go ahead in September as planned despite the French Open moving to the same dates as the implications of the French Tennis Federation (FFT)'s shock gambit began to reverberate on Wednesday. The September 25-27 Laver Cup, an exhibition event co-created by Roger Federer which has always featured the Swiss great and one of Rafael Nadal or Novak Djokovic.
Roger Federer has never struggled for ways to win matches at the Australian Open but in beating John Millman to chalk up his 100th on the Melbourne hardcourts the 38-year-old Swiss found himself in uncharted territory on Friday. For the first time Federer experienced the Australian Open's unique system for ending prolonged contests, a so-called 'super breaker' -- a first to 10-point tiebreak activated when the score reaches six games all in deciding sets.
Wimbledon king Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova endured jolting second-round losses to opponents outside the world top 100 in a freakishly dramatic 'Wednesday Wipeout' that saw seven players withdraw injured and the draw shredded.
Roger Federer's unique appeal showed no sign of waning on Sunday as he gate-crashed what was supposed to be Andy Murray's party in the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals.
Roger Federer chalked up yet another record when victory over Janko Tipsarevic at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday put him top of the list for match wins at the traditional season-ender. The 17-times Grand Slam champion cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory over the Serbian world number nine, taking his haul of victims in the event to 40, one more than Ivan Lendl.
Roger Federer handed Nick Kyrgios a 6-4 6-1 7-5 tennis masterclass by storming into the fourth round of the U.S. Open on Saturday with a ruthless display that left the Australian talking to himself and waving the white flag.
Roger Federer put his global army of "Fed-Head" fans through the wringer for four nerve-shredding sets before he kept alive his pursuit of a record eighth Wimbledon title with a 6-7(4) 4-6 6-3 7-6(9) 6-3 win over Marin Cilic the quarter-finals on Wednesday. Novak Djokovic's shock third round exit had raised hopes that this could be the week when the Swiss finally ends his four-year hunt for an 18th grand slam title, as the Serb had been the only man to beat him at the majors over the past year.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
Rafael Nadal set up a third successive Wimbledon final against champion Roger Federer after brushing aside German Rainer Schuettler. The Swiss accounted for Marat Safin in the other semi-final.
Roger Federer is unlikely to make the same mistake as in 2002, when he was stunned in Wimbledon's first round after taking lofty Croat Mario Ancic for granted.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will resume their burgeoning rivalry when they head a stellar field for the Montreal Masters.
Roger Federer came out wearing a cream sweater while he opened the title defence at Wimbledon on Monday.
Tennis ace Roger Federer has said retirement is not imminent and that he will continue playing as long he has fans' support.
The world number one eased past Russia's Marat Safin at the Kooyong Classic invitational event on Thursday.
Twice champion Rafa Nadal and triple winner Roger Federer barely raised a sweat as they each cruised into the third round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with imperious victories on Sunday.
Holder Roger Federer scored a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over unseeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco in the quarter-finals of the Hamburg Masters on Friday.
Defending champion Novak Djokovic won his third consecutive title at the Dubai championships when he defeated top seed Roger Federer 6-3, 6-3 in just 71 minutes on Saturday.
Six-times champion Roger Federer was forced to dig deep at Wimbledon again on Wednesday, the Swiss reaching the third round with a hard-fought 6-3, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 victory over Serbian Ilija Bozoljac.
The Swiss ace was crowned with the Laureus Sportsman of the Year for the second year running
Unseeded Novak Djokovic was given some trouble by Jeremy Chardy in the opening set but prevailed 7-6(5), 6-4 to take his record over the Frenchman to 11-0 and 26-0 in sets.
Roger Federer has his sights set on ending the year as the world's top-ranked player after the 33-year-old claimed his fifth title of the year in his home town.
Roger Federer survived a huge fright to scrape past bogeyman Gilles Simon 6-2, 6-3, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3 and reach the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday. Defending champion Federer had lost both his previous two meetings against Simon, but the 16-times Grand Slam winner just about had the measure of the Frenchman on a chilly night in Melbourne.
The world No 1 made an emphatic start at the Swiss Indoors, beating Czech qualifier Tomas Zib in the first round.
The rain that plagued the Wimbledon fortnight came to the rescue of Roger Federer in the men's final on Sunday.\n\n
Roger Federer overpowered Britain's Tim Henman 6-3, 6-3 to win the Japan Open.
Roger Federer beat defending champion Wesley Moodie 6-2, 6-1 to reach the quarter-finals in Tokyo.
The respective world number ones were named as top seeds for next week's US Open.
Roger Federer erased the bitter memory of his loss to Tomas Berdych at the Athens Olympics four years ago when he beat the Czech 6-3, 7-6 on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the men's singles.
Federer called the trainer to the court during the third set against Sandgren and then took a lengthy medical timeout
Seven-times Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras returned to the All England Club on Sunday for the first time since 2002 for the chance to watch Roger Federer overtake his grand slam titles record.
Novak Djokovic won the battle of the former world number ones by subduing Roger Federer 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in an entertaining encounter to reach the Paris Masters final on Saturday.
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