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Federer’s French odyssey In his catalogue of Grand Slam titles, Roger Federer has won at least four times in each of the other three Majors…

Whatever it is they put in the water of a certain pair of neighbouring European countries, other nations around the world must long for the…

So the stage is ready once again to set tennis hearts aflutter as the first Grand Slam of the season, the extrovert, sun-drenched, self-dubbed ‘happy…

Two down, half a dozen to go, but to leaven this year’s weighty series of reviews, here’s the first of a lightweight, unashamedly superficial interlude.…

The first in a series of reviews of the 2013 tennis season, highlights the men, both new and familiar, who made great strides during the…

Eight men, eight days, and more than a quarter of a million fans—and it all comes down in the end to the top two players…

It would normally be seen as an extraordinary occasion at the ATP World Tour Finals when the biggest three names in men’s tennis of the…

It was in Paris that one of the hardest working men in tennis, the head-down, no-nonsense, scurrying 30-year-old David Ferrer, won his first Masters title…

Already in Paris, some gauntlets had been firmly thrown down by one ATP World Tour Finals quartet to the other. World No1 Rafael Nadal put…

It is hard to recall a time when the last Masters event of the season was so pregnant with possibilities. As the only indoor Masters…

The three-time and defending champion, David Ferrer, bounced straight back into his home city of Valencia with an impressive opening win, just a couple of…

With the window for London qualification rapidly closing, the remaining two weeks of competition are vital for the clutch of players still in contention. Much…

It was a Sunday packed with three finals, each overlapping with the others, and so designed to make any tennis enthusiast dizzy—the more so because…

A quarter-final finish in the Beijing 500 last week has ensured that world No4 David Ferrer is the latest to qualify for the ATP World…

As the men’s tennis tour comes full circle back to where it began on the western Pacific seaboard in January, there is far more at…

The draw for the US Open promised the first-ever meeting in New York between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer after 31 career matches. But it…

There have been some seismic shocks along the way—Roger Federer losing to a man he had beaten in all 10 previous matches, Juan Martin del…

So the 128 were reduced to the final 16 by their target date of Labour Day in New York. Some big names were felled along…

This time last year, as the tennis tour headed to its final Grand Slam, almost everything in men’s tennis had a very familiar ring. ‘The…

The summer surge of Rafael Nadal on the North American hard courts has yielded not just two more Masters titles—extending his record to 26 in…

There have already been upsets at the Rogers Cup in Montreal this week. Seeds tumbled in the first round—No12 Nicolas Almagro was followed by an…