WASHINGTON, December 15, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) On Sunday evening, twenty-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer was feted at the Swiss Sports Awards in Zurich as Switzerland’s greatest athlete of the past 70 years. No surprise there, it was a very […]
WASHINGTON, December 8, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) Last September, Naomi Osaka played and acted like a person on a mission in New York. Not only did she excel on Arthur Ashe Stadium by winning her second US Open singles title, […]
STARNBERG, June 10, 2020 Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Roger Federer announced on Wednesday that he will miss the remainder of the 2020 season after undergoing further surgery on his right knee. The 38-year-old Swiss has not played any tournament […]
STARNBERG, May 30, 2020 Roger Federer has become the world’s highest-paid athlete for 2020. The Swiss superstar is the first tennis player to top the annual Forbes list released on Friday, overtaking footballer Lionel Messi. Twenty-time Grand Slam singles champion Federer […]
WASHINGTON, May 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) In an interview published by Brazilian sports website GloboEsporte.com in Rio de Janeiro on Friday (and translated from Portuguese), Roger Federer said it would be “very difficult” for him to play big tournaments […]
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When Roger Federer tweets, people listen up and respond. At 1:28 p.m. (CEST) Wednesday afternoon, unsolicited, Federer asked his 12.7 million Twitter followers a simple question: “Just wondering, am I the only one […]
WASHINGTON, April 21, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) When Rafael Nadal speaks, like he did when he hosted an Instagram Live chat Monday evening from his home in Mallorca, people watch and listen. During its peak, more than 50,000 tuned in […]
WASHINGTON, April 10, 2020 (by Michael Dickens) On Thursday, French sports daily L’Equipe published its list of the 20 most influential tennis figures. Toping the list was none other than Roger Federer followed at number two by Serena Williams. The […]
