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.
Andy Murray's tearful defeat in his first Wimbledon final proved the catalyst for the Scot's golden summer, according to Roger Federer, the man who crushed Murray's hopes that day in July.
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.
Spain's Rafael Nadal began his ATP Tour season by demolishing Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 6-0, 6-1 at the Qatar Open in Doha on Tuesday. Roger Federer, seeded second behind Nadal, and third seed Andy Murray also notched easy wins to reach the second round.
Images from Friday's matches at Wimbledon.
Roger Federer will turn 30 next week, but the Swiss winner of a record 16 Grand Slam singles titles said on Wednesday he will not pause for reflection since he is too busy plotting for more tennis success.
World No 1 tennis star Roger Federer has reportedly received death threats from an anonymous blogger on a Chinese website Baidu.com.
The Swiss ace claimed his third title of the year by crushing Finland's Jarkko Nieminen in the final.
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.
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 had picked out the Russian as his favourite player on the women's tour.
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.
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.
Tennis ace Roger Federer has said retirement is not imminent and that he will continue playing as long he has fans' support.
Roger Federer is no longer chasing the top ranking and would rather be a contender at Grand Slams than battling Novak Djokovic and Rafa Nadal to be world number one, the Swiss tennis great said.
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.
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.
Federer, who looked dapper and a sure shot contender to play the next James Bond, caught up with fellow tennis legend, Williams -- in all her pregnant glory!
Roger Federer came out wearing a cream sweater while he opened the title defence at Wimbledon on Monday.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will resume their burgeoning rivalry when they head a stellar field for the Montreal Masters.
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.
World number two Andy Roddick will take on in-form Russian Marat Safin in the season-ending ATP Tennis Masters Cup.
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.
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.
The world number one eased past Russia's Marat Safin at the Kooyong Classic invitational event on Thursday.
Roger Federer has fallen outside the world's top 10 for the first time since 2002 but he could still win another grand slam title, according to former great Stefan Edberg. While Andy Murray's rise to world number one was the main talking point of Monday's new ATP rankings, 17-times major champion Federer's slide to 16th was largely overlooked. The Swiss ended his season in July in a bid to recover fully from knee surgery, although he is aiming to be fit for the Australian Open in January.
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.
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.
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 Swiss ace was crowned with the Laureus Sportsman of the Year for the second year running
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Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic strolled to easy victories in the Dubai Championships second round on Wednesday, keeping the world's top two players on course for a showdown in Saturday's final.
The world No 1 made an emphatic start at the Swiss Indoors, beating Czech qualifier Tomas Zib in the first round.
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