Rafael Nadal, whose record streak on clay was stopped by Roger Federer last weekend, believes the world number one will beat him again on the slow surface and just hopes it will not happen in the French Open final.
Roger Federer does not fret about who umpires his matches and said on Wednesday all players should be treated equally by officials, whatever their ranking.
Tennis players need to respect ball boys and ball girls, Roger Federer said in the wake of a row following Fernando Verdasco's rant over a sweaty towel.
India's Rohan Bopanna lost 7-6, 6-2 to Roger Federer in the first round in Halle.
Roger Federer wants more blood testing done in tennis to help keep the sport clear of doping, the 17-time Grand Slam champion said on the eve of the ATP World Tour Finals.
The Australian Open final appears to promise two possible scenarios, either the finest display of stroke-making in living memory or the maestro Roger Federer simply crushing Chilean dasher Fernando Gonzalez.
Roger Federer and Serena Williams came through their first real tests at the US Open on Saturday with flying colours as the casualty toll at the last Grand Slam of the year soared to record numbers. The former world number ones both played dangerous opponents but survived to fight another day, advancing safely to the fourth round at Flushing Meadows.
Roger Federer became the latest big name to get sucked up by a whirlwind called Nick Kyrgios as the Australian tyro sent the Swiss top seed spinning out of the Madrid Masters in the second round on Wednesday.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal were one match away from their first clash of the season after clinical wins in the Monte Carlo quarter-finals.
Roger Federer was forced to dig deep during a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 win Andy Roddick in the Masters Cup.
Roger Federer lifted his clay-court game when it mattered to beat Arnaud Clement 7-6, 6-2 and book a semi-final place at the Estoril Open on Friday. Federer's woes on the surface looked in danger of continuing when he lost the first two games of the quarter-final but he gradually improved to see off the Frenchman with something of a flourish.
The Swiss withstood a fast start from an inspired Blake in the first set, coming back from two breaks down to take charge.
World number two Roger Federer and Australian Open champion Novak Djokovic each stormed into the fourth round of the Indian Wells ATP tournament with lopsided victories on Tuesday.
All it took was "one stupid move" for Roger Federer's season to fall into an abyss.
Roger Federer has been drawn with Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Gonzalez at the Shanghai Masters Cup.
Images from Day 6 of the 2011 French Open in Paris, on Friday.
Swiss maestro Roger Federer sliced through fifth seed Robin Soderling for a 6-1, 6-1 victory to reach the Shanghai Masters semi-finals on Friday. Federer now faces a last four showdown with Serb Novak Djokovic, who trounced unseeded Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-3.
The world number one cruised into the second round of the Rome Masters beating Sweden's Jonas Bjorkman 7-6, 6-3.
The Swiss second seed scored a commanding 6-2, 7-5, 6-2 win over British sixth seed Andy Murray on Monday to become the first man since Bill Tilden in 1924 to triumph five times in a row in New York.
While Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal won their opening matches in straight sets on Saturday, World No. 4, David Ferrer became the first top seed to make an early exit from the BNP Paribas Open.
The iron will of Roger Federer and the burning desire of Novak Djokovic carried them into the quarter-finals of the US Open.
The world No. 1 suffered his first defeat before a final for 14 months in the second round of the Cincinnati Masters.
Roger Federer, revelling in the unusual role of being the underdog, will continue his bid for a fifth successive US Open title on Friday when he plays little-known Brazilian Thiago Alves in the second round. The Swiss, relegated to second seed in New York after losing his number one ranking to Spaniard Rafael Nadal, is trying to avoid ending the year without a Grand Slam title for the first time since 2002.
Roger Federer toughed out a 5-7, 7-6 (5), 6-2, 6-3 victory over Australia's Lleyton Hewitt to level Switzerland's Davis Cup World playoff tie at 1-1 on Friday.
Stanislas Wawrinka trumped fellow Swiss Roger Federer at a grand slam for the first time with a 6-4, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory in the French Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
Roger Federer bounced back from his dismal singles defeat to sweep into the finals of the Olympic doubles on Friday with a stunning victory over the top-seeded Bryan brothers from the United States. Federer, serving superbly and constantly attacking at the net, combined with fellow Swiss Stanislaw Wawrinka for a 7-6, 6-4 victory that could give him the gold that has eluded him in a glittering career.
A quick glance towards the Centre Court scoreboard at the Olympic Tennis Centre hardly helped Roger Federer's prickly demeanour on Tuesday.
The world number one overcame an enterprising Feliciano Lopez to retain his Dubai Open title with a 4-6 6-1 6-2 victory.
World number one Roger Federer launches his Olympic preparations and his North American hardcourt campaign this week at the Toronto Masters.
Roger Federer will meet Leander Paes in the second round doubles while Andy Roddick set up a clash with Mahesh Bhupathi at the Rogers Cup.
World number one Roger Federer won a four-way shave-off in Shanghai on Friday in an unusual warm-up for the Tennis Masters Cup.
David Nalbandian shocked Roger Federer 6-7, 6-7, 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 to win the Masters Cup
Ukrainian fourth seed Elina Svitolina powered into the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-4, 6-4 win against Russian Evgeniya Rodina on Thursday.
Coming off a fruitful year which yielded two grand slam titles, world number two Federer looked fit and sharp while other members of tennis's 'Big Four' are grappling with injury issues.
Roger Federer is back at Wimbledon a few weeks after winning his seventh title there, opening his bid for Olympic gold against Colombian Alejandro Falla.
Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer's five-year reign as king of Wimbledon on Sunday with a 6-4, 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 9-7 victory in one of the most dramatic finals seen at the All England Club.
What counts at any Grand Slam is the title rather than who one beats in the final, French Open champion Rafael Nadal said.
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