Roger Federer Archives: 01/2013

The Davis Cup, the world’s largest annual international team competition, has involved over 5,000 players since it began in 1900. In this its centenary year,…

The last decade has nurtured some of the most compelling rivalries in men’s tennis. First came Roger Federer against Rafael Nadal, begun on the hard…

Two weeks ago, it was the first and the biggest question when the men’s draw for the 2013 Australian Open was made. Novak Djokovic would…

It all began like any other day at the office for David Ferrer as he opened serve against Novak Djokovic in the first semi-final of…

There are some tennis players and some match-ups that just get the blood racing. They might be the shot-makers, perhaps the ones with serve-and-volley flair,…

And so the Roger Federer storm continues—though as storms go, this has had the silky touch of Europe’s January snow rather than the hurricane blasts…

There had been plenty of hype about the third-round meeting between Roger Federer and the ‘next-big-thing’ Bernard Tomic. The profile of the 20-year-old was done…

It may have been early evening in Melbourne but the temperature was still scorching—40 degrees and too early yet for the local crowds to pack…

The rankings gap between the two men who opened the action for the bottom half of the men’s draw in Australia was neat but large—a…

As if the tension surrounding the Australian Open draw was not enough, the bizarre half-hour spent waiting for defending champions Novak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka…

On the surface, the seedings for this year’s Australian Open have a very familiar look. On both the men’s and women’s sides, they are topped…