ROGER FEDERER IS upping the ante. Conceding his No. 1 ranking and Wimbledon crown to the charging Rafael Nadal this year, Federer was already pondering 2009 and how his Spanish rival would cope.
Spaniard Tommy Robredo and Russian Dmitry Tursunov were first-round winners Sunday at the Paris Masters tournament.
Roger Federer will cut exhibition matches from his 2009 schedule as he pursues Pete Sampras’ record of 14 Grand Slam singles titles, his agent said Sunday.
Roger Federer was ‘disappointed but not surprised’ at losing the year-end world number one spot to rival Rafael Nadal, he said on today.
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal talks with freed French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt during the 2008 Prince of Asturias awards ceremony at Campoamor theatre in Oviedo, northern Spain, October 24, …
Oviedo , Oct 24 : Tennis great Rafael Nadal has called the 2008 season in which he won his first Wimbledon title and captured Olympic gold and the No.
Argentina, undefeated in its last 13 home ties, will host Spain on a fast indoor hard court in next month’s Davis Cup final as it bids for its first Davis Cup championship in history.
What does the No. 1 ranking mean? As of today, two very different things on the men’s and women’s tours.
World No.6 and Russia No.1, Nikolay Davydenko will participate in the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open to be held here from Jan 5-11. Winner of 14 ATP titles, Davydenko, nicknamed ‘The Iron Man’ for making most …
Top seed and two-time defending champion Roger Federer fought through a testing opening round encounter, beating Bobby Reynolds 6-3, 6-7 , 6-3 at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel on Tuesday evening.
As the season winds down, Andy Murray’s rise through the tennis ranks seems to have attracted a lot of attention.
1 ranking by beating Richard Gasque4 6-4, 6-2 to reach the quarterfinals of the Madrid Masters.
In a year of amazing sports stories, the Tampa Bay Rays’ ascent to the World Series is the most amazing story of all.
Rafael Nadal is guaranteed to finish this season as the No. 1 player in the South African Airways ATP Rankings, ending Roger Federer’s four-year reign.
Rafael Nadal became the first Spaniard to secure the men’s year-end number one ranking on Saturday despite losing in the Madrid Masters semifinals.
