LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 7, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Coming into Wednesday’s men’s quarterfinals at the Wimbledon Championships, six of the eight quarterfinalists were making their debuts at this stage. The other two, top seed Novak Djokovic and eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, July 3, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) It’s been 20 years since Roger Federer upset World No. 1 Pete Sampras in the third round at the Wimbledon Championships on Centre Court, which has become like a second home for the […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Ashleigh Barty was given the honor of opening Centre Court on Day Two of the Wimbledon Championships against Spain’s Carla Suárez Navarro, something which the World No. 1 and women’s top seed called […]
LONDON/WASHINGTON, June 29, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Let’s face it, and Roger Federer certainly has. Age is his ultimate opponent. The Swiss tennis icon has an eternal need to compete like all elite athletes do. For much of his career, […]
WASHINGTON, June 18, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Roger Federer‘s body language, both on the grass court in Halle’s open-air OWL Arena as well as afterward during his post-match press conference, expressed disappointment. Is it possible that the 20-time Grand Slam […]
HALLE/STARNBERG, June 14, 2021 Swiss maestro Roger Federer made a winning start to his grass-court season by reaching the second round of the NOVENTI OPEN. The No. 5 seed of the ATP 500 event held at the OWL Arena in […]
HALLE/WESTPHALIA, June 11, 2021 There is no time to rest for the players on the ATP Tour. Right after Roland Garros, the grass-court season is already in full swing with the 28th edition of the NOVENTI OPEN held at the […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) Twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer announced he has withdrawn from the French Open. The Roland-Garros tournament organizers learned of Federer’s decision Sunday afternoon. Both the tournament and Federer used their social media […]
PARIS/WASHINGTON, June 6, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) After Roger Federer completed his remarkable three-hour and 36-minute, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (3), 7-6 (4), 7-5 victory over Dominik Koepfer to reach the round of 16 at Roland Garros at 12:43 a.m. Sunday morning, […]
GENEVA/WASHINGTON, May 19, 2021 (by Michael Dickens) World No. 8 Roger Federer did a lot of smiling and waving toward the small, polite crowd assembled at the Parc des Eaux-Vives in Geneva for his much-anticipated first match on clay in […]
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