US Open 2014: ‘Beloved’ Roger Federer holds tennis in the palm of his hand
The last Grand Slam of the year is, like the wonderful city that hosts it, big and bold, high octane and high volume, hot and…
The last Grand Slam of the year is, like the wonderful city that hosts it, big and bold, high octane and high volume, hot and…
World No1 Serena Williams and No6 in the men’s rankings, Milos Raonic, have earned the chance to win the biggest ever payout at the US…
James Ward, seeded 15 in the US Open’s qualifying tournament, fell one win short of reaching the main draw at Flushing Meadows for the first…
Two of the in-form players of the year claim the top two spots in the men’s seedings for the final Grand Slam of the year,…
Not content with picking up his 80th career title, his 22nd Masters title, his sixth Cincinnati title, his 16 consecutive victory over one of the…
Theirs has been one of the most enduring rivalries in 21st century tennis. The 33-year-old Roger Federer and 32-year-old David Ferrer first played one another…
Cincinnati has, rather like Toronto before it, been a week that has managed to combine surprises with the familiar. In both draws, world No1 Novak…
The draw for the Cincinnati Masters may be missing its defending champion in an injured Rafael Nadal, along with Juan Martin del Potro, Kei Nishikori…
What a difference a day makes in the fast-moving world of the tennis tour. No sooner had Sunday crowned Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Toronto, no sooner…
Novak Djokovic dubbed his half of the draw for the Rogers Cup as ‘terrible’, and he was not wrong. He was joined by two-time former…
Age has been quite a hot topic at the Rogers Cup this year. Driven, of course, by the fact that Roger himself—Federer, that is—celebrated his…
It wasn’t meant to be quite so tough, this last match of the day—and on Roger Federer’s birthday. Sure, Novak Djokovic had found the going…
The Rogers Cup in Toronto began with three former champions. But by the quarter-finals, the three-time titlist and top seed Novak Djokovic had gone. Two-time…
As if there had not been enough drama for one day, the Rogers Cup saved the best and most nail-biting for last. By rights, the…
Remember the days when the tennis world could not stop asking Roger Federer if he would play in the London Olympics? After all, a full…
The day was a blockbuster that featured eight of the top 10 men in the world. The only two not on the schedule were those…
It is a rare and usually a rather special tennis player who ends their career with their name attached to something other than a tournament’s…
The Canadian Open, which launches the second North American hard-court swing of the season in Toronto this weekend, is one of the oldest tournaments in…
Just a week after Novak Djokovic claimed back the No1 ranking from Rafael Nadal by winning the Wimbledon title, so becoming the first player to…
Amid the hype and hyperbole of a certain football jamboree in Brazil, many found their pleasure in a quiet, suburban corner of England, where lawns…
The first time that Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon, he had already made a legitimate claim for being the best player on the tour that year.…