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World Tour season on Thursday night by beating qualifier Tobias Kamke 6-2, 6-1 in just 55 minutes at the Brisbane International presented by Suncorp.
Roger Federer announced on Tuesday that he has made a change to his coaching team, with Stefan Edberg exiting and Ivan Ljubicic hopping on board.
With all the sledging controversy still swirling in the air like an acrid summer BBQ in Australia gone wrong, the great and the good of tennis have offered their opinions in varying degrees.
Former tennis great Mats Wilander expects that 33-year-old Roger Federer has another five years left in his career, such is the enthusiasm for the game still exhibited by the record 17-time grand slam winner. Former teenaged Roland Garros champion Wilander, now a Eurosport tennis guru, predicts great things ahead for the Swiss whose enthusiasm for the sport remains at a peak.
One of the best things about watching the galaxy of stars inter-act at the ATP Heritage dinner at the Waldorf Astoria just before the US Open was the degree to which the world No 1’s were in awe of each other.
Stefan Edberg is living the dream as coach of Roger Federer - even though the six-time grand slam event winner admitted that he never thought of being in such a position in the current game.
Tennis Canada announced Thursday that former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg and former Rogers Cup Master of Ceremonies Don Goodwin will be inducted into the Rogers Cup Hall of Fame during the 2014 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto in recognition of their contribution to Canada’s premier tennis tournament.
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A few hours before Roger Federer swept past Kevin Anderson in straight sets in Indian Wells, his coach Stefan Edberg set up a final showdown against countryman Thomas Enqvist at the Kings of Tennis tournament in Stockholm.
In this kind of form, Roger Federer may not even need a coach. He certainly would not want one on the court in between games. Federer improved to 18-2 this season with a 7-5, 6-1 victory over Kevin Anderson in the quarterfinals of the BNP Paribas Open on Thursday night. The world No. 8 will go up against Alexandr Dolgopolov in Saturday's semis.
Roger Federer is clearly reveling in the luxury of having his boyhood hero Stefan Edberg as an occasional coach. So much so that the pair have announced the cooperation will last until at least the end of 2014.
Fresh from inspiring Roger Federer to some of his best tennis in years, six-time Grand Slam champion Stefan Edberg will try to defend his Kings of Tennis title in Stockholm, Sweden, starting on Tuesday.
Andre Agassi isn't about to add his name to the growing list of big name coaches on the ATP World Tour anytime soon. But the 43 year-old former world no.1 admits the challenge of hooking up with a top flight player and pitching his expertise against the likes of Ivan Lendl, Boris Becker, Stefan Edberg, Goran Ivanisevic, Michael Chang, Sergi Bruguera and Thomas Enqvist might appeal one day.
The modern trend in top-flight tennis is most certainly to employ big name Swedish coaches. Stanislas Wawrinka did it with Magnus Norman and ended up winning the Australian Open. Roger Federer has done it with Stefan Edberg, admittedly more on a part time basis. And now Fernando Verdasco...
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