Roger Federer told the press in Rotterdam that he has no intentions of leaving the sport soon. It has always been a notion of thought that the Swiss maestro would near the end of his illustrious career after the London Olympics or within a year afterward. The all time grand slam leader and 2012 Rotterdam champion spoke about former soccer [...]
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Roger Federer told the press in Rotterdam that he has no intentions of leaving the sport soon. It has always been a notion of thought that the Swiss maestro would near the end of his illustrious career after the London Olympics or within a year afterward. The all time grand slam leader and 2012 Rotterdam champion spoke about former soccer [...]
Federer defeats Del Potro for 71st ca...
Roger Federer won his 71st career title on Sunday, defeating Juan Martin Del Potro in straight sets, 6-1 6-4. The Swiss maestro was playing in his 101st career final, storming out to a 5-0 lead in the first set. Del Potro was unable to keep pace with Federer, who is known to play quickly. The second set was a closer contest, with the Arge [...]
Federer rallies into Rotterdam final
Roger Federer rallied to defeat Nikolay Davydenko in three sets to set up a clash with Juan Martin Del Potro in the final. The Swiss maestro extended his dominance over the Russian, and now leads 17-2 head to head. However, it was Davydenko who took the opening set, breaking Federer and serving with ease. Things looked troubling for the S [...]
Federer into Rotterdam semifinals
After receiving a walkover into the quarterfinals, Federer took on Jarkko Nieminen of Finland in the 39th ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament quarterfinals. It was the 13th meeting between the two players but it would not be an unlucky one for the Swiss maestro. The match was closely contested, staying on serve until 5 all in the first set, [...]
Federer opens with win in Rotterdam
Flying straight from Switzerland to Rotterdam following the home loss in Davis Cup, Federer arrived on the grounds of the 39th ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. He first took care of media and press duties, signed plenty of autographs, and had a hit on Centre Court with Juan Martin del Potro.
Wednesday evening in Rotterdam, he took on Fr [...]
Federer’s fire still burns
Seven years ago was the last time Federer played the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. Back then, Federer was world number one for a year, and with two grand slams. Since then, he has not played in Rotterdam, has won a total of 16 grand slams, and has held the #1 ranking for 237 consecutive weeks, 285 in total. Now age 30, the Swiss maest [...]
Federer clears up lost translation
Coming off a disappointing weekend in Davis Cup for the home Swiss team, some comments made by Roger Federer were lost in translation. The Swiss maestro was reported as stating that his doubles partner Stan Wawrinka played “bad.” His French translation into English was misconstrued and left out the word “not” before “bad” and Federer was [...]
Rotterdam 2012 Draw and Schedule
Coming off a disappointing Davis Cup weekend, Roger Federer will move on in his 2012 schedule. New to his normal routine in February is the 39th ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam, an ATP 500 event this week. Former professional and Wimbledon 1996 winner Richard Krajicek is tournament director. Federer is scheduled to fly in on [...]
USA sweeps, Swiss miss out
Saturday’s doubles in Fribourg had the Swiss facing the brink of defeat. 2008 Olympic gold medalists Federer and Wawrinka took on Mike Bryan and Mardy Fish, with team USA looking to sweep. Although the Swiss duo won the first set, the Americans came back to even the match, and steadily marched onward to hand a shocking defeat, 4-6 6 [...]
USA stuns Switzerland on Day 1
The Swiss chose clay as the surface for their Davis Cup tie at home vs the United States, and after day 1, it has backfired. As Stan Wawrinka took on Mardy Fish in the first match, it was immediately visible that this was a quick playing clay, at the high altitude of Fribourg, Switzerland. This first match was thought to be a close match- [...]
