Six years after getting a taste for grand slam titles, Roger Federer returned to the scene of his first major triumph on Sunday to rewrite the record books.
Roger Federer has backed calls to shorten the tennis calendar to protect players from burnout by creating a six week off-season.
David Nalbandian beat world number three Novak Djokovic 6-4, 7-6 to enter his first final of the year.
Serena Williams started her quest to join Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova in joint fourth place on the career Grand Slam list with a 6-3, 6-1 victory over 18-year-old fellow American Taylor Townsend at the US Open on Tuesday.
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.
The world No. 1 made it three out of three wins on Sunday to give the Swiss a decisive 3-1 lead over Serbia.
Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will meet in the semi-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open after the old rivals advanced to the last four in contrasting fashions Thursday.
Roger Federer lost his first set of the tournament but still managed to conjure a comfortable 6-3, 6-2, 6-7, 6-1 victory over Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber at Wimbledon on Friday.
After the disappointing campaign at Wimbledon and his fall in the rankings, tennis ace Roger Federer decided to take a break from his hectic schedule and spend time with his family in France.
Roger Federer survived a bumpy ride to beat claycourt specialist Argentine Jose Acasuso 7-6, 5-7, 7-6, 6-2 to reach the third round of the French Open on Thursday.
Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer each needed three sets to reach the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Wednesday while Rafa Nadal advanced with a comfortable victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Roger Federer is in love with tennis even after nearly two decades but may not be that keen to follow his children if they ever turned professional, the Swiss maestro said after storming into the third round of the Australian Open on Wednesday.
A year after Andy Murray's reign as Wimbledon champion ended lamely at the hands of a man dubbed the new Roger Federer, he got a stark reminder on Friday that the original is the real threat to his grand slam ambitions.
Fifth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer was ousted from the Indian Wells ATP tournament on Tuesday as Rafa Nadal and Roger Federer both moved into the fourth round.
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.
The Wimbledon champion will begin his defence against the talented Richard Gasquet of France
Novak Djokovic stunned defending champion Roger Federer 7-6, 7-5, 6-4 to reach his second Australian Open final on Thursday after a match of high emotion which threatened to boil over. The hard-hitting Serb, who captured his only Grand Slam title in Melbourne three years ago, clearly rattled Federer who exchanged words with him in the third set.
The eight-man Masters Cup will be held for the third year at Qi Zhong Stadium from November 11-18.
World number one Roger Federer swept into the final of the Halle Open with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Nicolas Kiefer.
World number one Roger Federer breezed into the Swiss Indoors semi-finals on Friday but the home crowd's hopes of an all-Swiss final were dashed when Novak Djokovic rallied to beat Stanislas Wawrinka.
Andy Murray's winning streak came to an end when the world number three slumped to a 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 quarter-final defeat at the Paris Masters after a three-hour tussle against the fifth-seeded Czech Tomas Berdych on Friday.
Roger Federer and Juan Martin del Potro will meet on Sunday for the first time since their epic Olympic Games clash after both beat French opponents to reach the final of the Basel Open.
The decision follows Federer's poor run of form in recent weeks.
David Ferrer knocked out sixth seeded Serb Novak Djokovic 7-5, 6-4 in the third round.
I'd love to win Wimbledon and I think it's possible, says Roger Federer.
The world No 1 blasted past Germany's Benjamin Becker while the former British No 1 beat South Korea's Lee Hyung-taik in the semi-finals.
A late end to last season that included a successful Davis Cup final and matches in India had no impact on Roger Federer's surprise third round loss to Andreas Seppi at the Australian Open on Friday, the second seed said.
Rafael Nadal and Andy Roddick advanced into the last eight of the Miami Masters.
For a seven-time champion who is a month shy of his 35th birthday, and is known to have a dodgy back, fate could not have dealt Roger Federer a better hand this week as he became the first, and so far only, man to reach the Wimbledon fourth round.
Roger Federer slumped to a shock 2-6, 7-6(8), 6-4 loss to German veteran Tommy Haas at the Stuttgart Open on Wednesday in a disappointing comeback after the 18-times grand-slam champion missed the entire claycourt season.
World No 1 Roger Federer was stunned by unseeded American Mardy Fish after Rafael Nadal's lost to Serb Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Pacific Life Open. Federer lost to an American player for the first time in 42 matches when he was crushed 6-3, 6-2 by Fish in a match lasting just over an hour.
Britain's Andy Murray joined world number one Novak Djokovic and newly-crowned US Open champion Rafa Nadal as definite qualifiers for the ATP World Tour finals on Tuesday, but Roger Federer faces an uphill task to make the eight-man field.
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have not put a foot wrong so far at this year's French Open and all signs point to the world's two outstanding men's players duelling for the title on Sunday.
Venus Williams and her dress were centre of attention at Roland Garros on Wednesday but Roger Federer once again proved his tennis needs no added frills as both players moved smoothly into the French Open third round.
Fourth-seed Tommy Robredo fell to wily Frenchman Fabrice Santoro 7-6, 6-4.
