Archive: roger-federer
One criticism of modern day men’s tennis is there’s insufficient ill feeling between the leading players of the game in the manner of John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors.
Regardless of the claims from Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic that the time is right for a change of venue for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, the chances of that happening within the next few years seems minimal.
Roger Federer was preparing for a re-match with rival Novak Djokovic within hours of losing a Paris Masters semi-final to the Serb. The two are now in London for this week's season-ending World Tour Finals.
Juan Martin del Potro is insistent London is one of his favorite places to visit after this summer’s memorable Wimbledon semi-final battle.
Novak Djokovic is riding a high as he continues to challenge Rafael Nadal for year-end world No. 1 status, with that decision coming down to results at the World Tour Finals.
When the first point of this lasted 27 strokes, one of the watchers commented that it was going to be a long afternoon. It might have been a lot longer had David Ferrer been able to hold on to leads.
David Ferrer was determined not to have yet another of his feeble matches against Rafael Nadal. He didn't exactly dominate, but he wasn't broken until he served for the match the first time -- and, having been broken, at once broke back and served it out.
Roger Federer played brilliantly for a while and lost; Rafael Nadal played poorly all match and he lost, too, leaving Novak Djokovic and David Ferrer to battle it out here in Paris on Sunday when the other six, amongst the world’s top players, are preparing for the ATP World finals across the Channel.
As matches go, this was pretty dull. As drama goes, Novak Djokovic is doing his best. Rafael Nadal doesn't need much more to clinch the year-end #1, but Djokovic continues to apply all the pressure he can -- not just winning but winning easily.
Roger Federer had a succinct phrase to describe the fact that all eight players who have qualified for the ATP World Finals in London
Roger Federer looked smooth; Juan Martin del Potro and Stan Wawrinka determined but it was Tomas Berdych who put an end to the faint hopes Milos Raonic had of making the ATP World Finals
Boris Becker has chimed in with an opinion on the state of Roger Federer as the Swiss concludes his least productive season of the past decade or so.
Roger Federer could not help but express some relief after beating Kevin Anderson at the Paris Masters to book a record-equaling 12th straight appearance at the ATP year-end event, leveling with Ivan Lendl. But it was a somewhat close call by the elite Federer standards.
Roger Federer has finally assured his place at next week’s Barclays ATP World Tour Finals but did it in a way hardly befitting of a 17 times Grand Slam champion and the man who has spent more week’s as the world no.1 than anyone else in history.
The Parisians love style so, of course, they love Roger Federer.
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