ROME - Spain’s Rafael Nadal dominated his 30th meeting with Swiss rival Roger Federer to secure his seventh title in nine years at the Rome Masters on Sunday. Nadal’s 6-1, 6-3 triumph means he now leads Federer 20-10 in their series, with 13 of his wins coming on clay.The Spaniard, ...

Madrid - Defending champion Roger Federer was dumped out of the Madrid Masters on Thursday by world number 14 Kei Nishikori as the Japanese came through 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 in their third round clash. Second seed Federer, who had just returned to the tour after a two-month break, joins world number one ...

  MADRID   Roger Federer made a winning return after a two-month absence from the court as he cruised to a 6-3, 6-3 win over Radek Stepanek to move into the third round of the Madrid Open on Tuesday. A solitary break in the fourth game was enough for the Swiss world No.2 to take the ...

PARIS - It's 10 years since the rankings didn't feature either Rafael Nadal or Roger Federer in the top two, but current leading men, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, still face a test of claycourt nerve.On Sunday, Nadal begins his bid for a ninth successive Monte Carlo Masters title. The ...

MELBOURNE  - Roger Federer and Andy Murray were locked on collision course at the Australian Open Monday as an unstoppable Serena Williams powered towards her third straight Grand Slam title. As Novak Djokovic regrouped after his late-night thriller against Stanislas Wawrinka, Federer and ...

MELBOURNE  - Roger Federer was in no mood to let a trend develop after the first real upsets of the week at the Australian Open tennis on Saturday and slapped down local upstart Bernard Tomic with authority to reach the fourth round. Juan Martin del Potro stunned Federer to win the U.S. Open ...

MELBOURNE  - Tennis great Roger Federer has described how he almost moved to Australia as a child and broke down in tears when the shift from Switzerland failed to happen. He was 13 at the time and could have ended up playing under the Australian flag."I remember that period quite vividly ...

SINGAPORE  - Swiss tennis great Roger Federer on Friday said he was still hungry to win trophies but "longevity" was now his main goal as younger rivals stand in the way of more records and victories."I want to try and make this last as long as I can... I don't want to fizzle out," the world ...

LONDON - Roger Federer remains on course for a seventh ATP Tour Finals title after the defending champion defeated third seed Andy Murray 7-6 (7/5), 6-2 on Sunday to set up a final showdown with Novak Djokovic.Federer produced another of the supremely dominant displays he seems to reserve for this ...

LONDON  - Roger Federer clinched a place in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour Finals on Thursday as the defending champion ground out a 6-4, 7-6 (7/5) win over Spain's David Ferrer at London's O2 Arena.Federer required a straight set win over the fourth seed to seal his spot in the last four ...

LONDON  - Roger Federer started his bid for a seventh ATP Tour Finals title in record-breaking fashion as the Swiss great crushed Janko Tipsarevic 6-3, 6-1 at London's O2 Arena on Tuesday. Federer's victory took him to 40 match wins in his 11 appearances at the prestigious season-ending event, ...

BASEL - Roger Federer was put to the test at his home Swiss Indoors on Wednesday but conjured up a 6-3, 6-7 (6/8), 7-5 defeat of Thomaz Bellucci to advance to the quarter-finals.The champion at five of the last six editions needed all of his guile at the end to advance in just over three hours with ...

BASEL - Roger Federer began his bid for a sixth title at the Swiss Indoors by beating substitute opponent Benjamin Becker 7-5, 6-3 on Monday to reach the second round.The German ranked 83rd with one career title had replaced injured Frenchman Jeremy Chardy as the first opponent for the Swiss home ...

Andy Murray heaped the misery on Roger Federer on Saturday, taking advantage of an astonishing service meltdown by the Swiss great to set up a mouthwatering final against Novak Djokovic.The US Open champion, who has never been beaten at the Chinese tournament, won 6-4, 6-4, repeating his victory in ...

SHANGHAI  - Roger Federer survived a huge scare Thursday to reach the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals and guarantee a record 300th week as world number one as Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray showed ominous form.The Swiss 17-time Grand Slam champion came into the match against compatriot ...

SHANGHAI  - Top seeds Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic cruised into the third round of the Shanghai Masters on Wednesday as defending champion Andy Murray progressed without even picking up a racquet.As the tournament kicked into life with the introduction of the big guns, America's Sam ...

SHANGHAI - Shanghai Masters organisers have tightened security around Roger Federer after the top-ranked men's tennis player was targeted by an online death threat, a report said Thursday. Extra precautions for Federer, who has arrived in Shanghai with his family, were taken after an unknown ...

CINCINNATI - Swiss Roger Federer should be among the freshest of the seeds as the Olympic silver medallist begins play at top men’s seed at next week’s ATP-WTA Cincinnati Masters.The 17-time grand slam champion who turned 31 on August 8 only three days after losing to Andy Murray in the ...

LONDON - Roger Federer underlined his desire to win Olympic singles gold with a demolition of Julien Benneteau Monday, while Serena and Venus Williams followed his example with equally dominant displays. Federer took the express route Monday with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over France's Benneteau in just ...

LONDON  - Roger Federer added another record to his collection on Monday when he began his 287th week as world number one. The 17-times grand slam winner returned to the pinnacle of the rankings after a two-year absence by beating Britain's Andy Murray in the Wimbledon final last week.It was ...

LONDON  - Roger Federer believes becoming a father and celebrating his 30th birthday inspired him to a record-equalling seventh Wimbledon title. Federer moved level with Pete Sampras on seven All England Club titles and celebrated a 17th Grand Slam crown with his battling 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 ...

LONDON  - The British charity Oxfam has won more than £100,000 ($155,000, 126,000 euros) thanks to Roger Federer's victory at Wimbledon after being left a bet in a gambler's will.Tennis lover Nick Newlife, from Oxford, southern England, placed a bet of £1,520 at odds of 66 to 1 ...

LONDON - 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.Federer, playing in his eighth Wimbledon final and 24th Grand Slam ...

LONDON  - Six-time champion Roger Federer reached a record eighth Wimbledon final on Friday when he defeated world number one and defending champion Novak Djokovic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the pair’s 27th meeting but first on grass, Federer booked his place in his 24th Grand Slam final ...

HALLE  - Five-time champion Roger Federer will face "mystified" German Tommy Haas in the final of the ATP grasscourt tournament after the two tour veterans clinched straight-sets semi-finals wins on Saturday.Federer reached the Halle final for the seventh time after a 6-1, 6-4 victory against ...

PARIS  - Novak Djokovic’s bid for an historic Grand Slam enjoyed the perfect French Open start on Monday as Roger Federer celebrated his 50th straight major with a record-equalling 233rd Grand Slam win. Top seed Djokovic, bidding to become only the third man to hold all four majors at ...

ROME  - Roger Federer braved dust storm conditions to blow past Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-3, 6-4 and open his week with a second-round victory at the Rome Masters on Wednesday. The world number two with four titles this season - including two of the first three Masters 1000 honours of 2012 - ...

LAHORETennis legend Roger Federer has appreciated the book written by Pakistan’s tennis star Aisamul Haq.  Aisam presented his book “Lessons Learnt From The Tennis Tour” to Federer last week in Miami, USA’, Aisam’s father said Monday.  Federer praised ...

LOS ANGELES Roger Federer has been named the greatest player of all time by America's Tennis Channel. Federer edged out Rod Laver for the top spot. Rounding out the top 10 were Steffi Graf in third, followed by Martina Navratilova, Pete Sampras, Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg, Margaret Court, Chris Evert ...

INDIAN WELLS - World No. 3 Roger Federer beat John Isner 7-6 (9/7), 6-3 in the Indian Wells final Sunday to capture his third tournament in a row and a record fourth Indian Wells title.Federer has been battling a flu bug all week and said he was close to pulling out of Indian Wells. It limited his ...