Roger Federer beat his fellow Stanislas Wawrinka in an exhibition game 62 64 and in that way avenged himself for the defeat in Monte Carlo a few weeks earlier. Federer showed throughout the game a high level of tennis and showed himself satisfied: “I recovered very well from my match against Rafa last Sunday and [...]

Federer and Mirka have been a couple for almost nine years now. For the past seven she almost never left his side. And now since Easter they are married. But not is seems as if they will have to separate from each other. At least for some time. Why? Because two months before a child’s [...]

Last  Sunday the French Tennis Federation (FFT) confirmed that world number 23 Richard Gasquet was positively tested on cocaine. “If it is a true, it would be sad news for Richard, for tennis in general and for the French tennis of course,” was their comment. Gasquet has so far until July 12th been banned from [...]

World number two Swiss Roger Federer said :”My aim is the title! It is not going to be easy, but if I play well it is possible. The Swiss Champion is of course talking about Rome not about Roland Garros yet. His statement is of course psychological warfare, if this is how we can call [...]

On Sunday May 10th, Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka gave an interview to a Swiss newspaper. Here an extract translated from German: Mr Wawrinka, how is it possible, that even though you have had a lot of success over the past few months, you can still walk around in Zurich almost unrecognized? Wawrinka: Well for the people [...]

Roger Federer has over the past few days been spotted training in Wohlishoffen, Zurich (SUI).  He has been preparing there for the upcoming tournaments in Madrid and Paris. He has been training with his coach and Swiss Davis Cup Captain Severin Lüthi and Roman Valent (25) as a sparring partner. Last week Federer lost against [...]

Tennis Beauty Ashley Harkleroad, who right before the Olympics last year undressed for the Playboy magazine, is now expecting a child. It will be a boy. For Ashley a long awaited dream comes true. She said though that her career is not over yet: “I feel young and fit. I will come back on the [...]

Finally it is done. Wimbledon’s centre court has its new roof. Finally no more hours of waiting to see the stars play! At the same time, they raised the prize money this year by 6.2% up to 12.55 million Pound. However, due to the economic crisis and the Pound’s low exchange rate, it doesn’t really [...]

World number 2 Federer married silently and secretly his long time girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec on April 11th.  The night before Federer was with a few friends having fun cart racing. Even the food was pretty simple: just specialties from Switzerland, namely the famous Swiss dish called “Zuercher Geschnaetzeltes”. The pictures that have been taken at [...]

Roger Federer confirmed shortly after his wedding that their child is going to be a boy. He said they are now looking for a name. Got any suggestions? Miroslava “Mirka” Vavrinec and Federer announced a couple of weeks ago that they are excpecting a child and shortly afterwards got married. the child is expected this [...]

One week after Federer Roddick did it too. Roddick married one time girlfriend Brooklyn Decker in Austin Texas. While Federer’s wedding went down quietly and mostly unknown, Roddick had a more pompous one. the guest list included professional players like Blake and Fish as well as Davis Cup Captain Patrick McEnroe. Music Legend Sir Elton [...]

No.16 ranked Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka beat world number 2 Federer yesterday in Monte Carlo in only two sets (64 75). It was their 3rd encounter and Federer won the two previous ones. He never even lost a set against his fellow Wawrinka. Wawrinka is the first Swiss player that beat Federer since former professional Marc [...]

China’s tennis ace and former Wimbledon quarterfinalist Li Na has called on national sports administrators to give young players more “right to choose”. “Just give them the right to choose,” Li told China Daily before traveling to Germany to prepare for China’s Fed Cup tie and the ensuing clay-court season. “If I had an opportunity [...]

Roger Federer has reversed his initial decision and will now take part in the opening claycourt tournament of the season, the Monte Carlo Masters, organisers said Thursday. The world number two from Switzerland had originally planned to play less in claycourt competition in 2009 than in past years, and he has only signed up for [...]

Roger Federer admitted he cannot wait to head for Europe’s clay courts after a painful defeat by Novak Djokovic on the hard courts of Key Biscayne. The world number two played poorly as he lost 3-6 6-2 6-3 in the Sony Ericsson Open semi-finals. Federer has not won a title of any sort since October [...]

Australia Fed Cup team mustered its best available players ahead of its tie with Switzerland, anxious to avoid another Mildura ambush. Wary of Swiss youngster Stefanie Voegele, Australia nom Stosur,minated Sa Jelena Dokic, Rennae Stubbs and Jessica Moore for the April 25-26 clash. The match will be played on the same grasscourts used in the [...]

If Roger Federer thinks becoming a father will have little impact on his goal of equaling and then breaking Pete Sampras’ record of 14 Grand Slam titles, he might be in for a rude awakening. Federer excitedly announced his news last month, declaring, “It’s not going to really disturb my mindset on tennis a whole [...]

The All England Club is selling up to 2,500 Centre Court seats at Wimbledon in five-year blocks for $40,700 each. Wimbledon officials say the right to one reserved seat on Centre Court for every day of the tournament between the years 2011-15 will raise about $87.3 million. According to the club, the idea was first [...]

Thursday, April 2, 2009 ATP Main Draw Singles – Quarterfinals [1] R Nadal (ESP) vs [6] J Del Potro (ARG) [4] A Murray (GBR) vs [8] F Verdasco (ESP) WTA Main Draw Singles – Semifinals [1] S Williams (USA) vs [5] V Williams (USA) [8] S Kuznetsova (RUS) vs [11] V Azarenka (BLR)

Roger Federer has won the ATP World Tour’s Stefan Edberg sportsmanship award for a record fifth consecutive year, and he was chosen the favorite player for the sixth year in a row in a poll of fans. Top-ranked Rafael Nadal was chosen player of the year, and Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic were selected doubles [...]