French Open 2015: Monfils talks the talk ahead of Federer – and rain – challenge
The tennis forecast could not have been brighter for middle Sunday at Roland Garros. The only remaining French woman in the singles draw, No29 seed…
The tennis forecast could not have been brighter for middle Sunday at Roland Garros. The only remaining French woman in the singles draw, No29 seed…
Not for the first time, and probably not the last, Roger Federer was about to play a man he had not met before. After more…
For anyone in the vicinity of Roland Garros on a sunny afternoon at the end of May, there can never be any doubt when a…
This year’s French Open had already claimed one unheralded record this year by the time the first ball had been hit. There are 39 men…
It is a startling figure, the one that prompted a news piece about Roger Federer on ATPWorldTour.com. When the Swiss superstar takes to court tomorrow…
Novak Djokovic has made little secret of his desire to fill the one remaining Grand Slam hole in his resume: Roland Garros. And perhaps for…
A final between the top two seeds at the Italian Open, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer, was what many wished for when the last clay…
The climax of the Rome Masters featured the top two men in the world, but did not include the tournament’s dominant presence of the last…
As far as it is possible in a record-breaking and record-making career such as Roger Federer’s, Rome is finding out just how low-profile the world…
Roger Federer’s clay swing this year has been a little out of the ordinary. First he bypassed the Miami Masters to give himself plenty of…
Coming to Rome from back-to-back victories in Indian Wells, Miami and Monte-Carlo—and with the Australian Open title and Dubai final to boot—it is little wonder…
Roger Federer has always found the conditions of the Madrid Masters to his liking. Played at altitude, it is a little faster, a little livelier…
For Roger Federer on 2015’s clay courts, there has been one unexpected turn after another. First, he lost in his second match at the Monte-Carlo…