Tag: Roger Federer

Roger Federer to miss French Open due to knee surgery

It is worth noting that the Swiss international had been struggling with his injury at the Australian Open, where he lost in the semifinal to eventual winner Novak Djokovic.

February 20, 2020

Will approach Olympics like any other tournament: Novak Djokovic

Djokovic said he feels proud and honoured to be able to represent Serbia at the Tokyo 2020 games.

February 19, 2020

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal play in front of record crown in Cape Town

The earlier record belonged to a crowd of 42,517 witnessed in another exhibition match between Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev in Mexico last November.

February 8, 2020

Novak Djokovic clear favourite to win Australian Open: Woodbridge

Djokovic will face the Austrian world number 5 Dominic Thiem in the final. Thiem had beaten German world number eight Alexander Zverev.

January 31, 2020

Australian Open 2020: No plans to retire, says Roger Federer following semis defeat to Novak Djokovic

Roger Federer also believes he is still a force to be reckoned with and accepted that he was confident of adding more to his tally of 20 Grand Slams.

January 30, 2020

Australia Open 2020: Novak Djokovic outclasses injured Roger Federer to make 8th final

After a slight glitch in the opening moments which saw Roger Federer take a lead of 5-2 in the first set, Novak Djokovic played his best Tennis.

January 30, 2020

Australian Open 2020: Dominic Thiem beats world number 1 Rafael Nadal to reach first semi-final

Thiem will now be up against Zverev in the semifinal.

January 29, 2020

Australian Open 2020: Rafael Nadal stopped by security official

Nadal was training outside and not carrying his accreditation and it needed a colleague of the security official to intervene and familiarise his colleague with the great Spaniard.

January 29, 2020

Australian Open 2020: ‘Lucky’ Roger Federer rallies to win five-set thirller

The 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer took a medical timeout in the third set out while trailing 3-0 but still struggled with his movements.

January 28, 2020

Roger Federer wins five-set thriller over John Millman to register 100th win in Australian Open

Federer, world number 3 and 20-time Grand Slam champion, won the remarkable five-setter- 4-6, 7-6(2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(8), to advance to the fourth round of the ongoing Australian Open. 

January 24, 2020

Australian Open 2020: Roger Federer moves to third round with straight-set victory

World number three Roger Federer will next face Joh Millman of Australia in his bid to continue his campaign for a record 21 Majors title.

January 22, 2020

Novak Djokovic says NextGen ‘very, very close’ to Slam success

The 16-time Major winner, who is gunning for an eighth Australian Open title, knows that the dominance of himself, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, who have 55 Slam crowns between them, has to ultimately end.

January 19, 2020

Tennis stars raise A$5 million for Australian bushfire charity

Amid the Australian Open qualifying rounds, the Rally for Relief -- organised on Wednesday evening -- featured big-name stars.

January 16, 2020

Big Three showing no sign of incompetence, says ‘NextGen’ will not win Grand Slam this year

With the emergence of fresh faces like Tsitsipas, Medvedev, Thiem, Zverev, among others, the Big Three is facing the toughest competition of their career.

January 14, 2020

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg criticises Roger Federer

Roger Federer endorses Credit Suisse, Switzerland's largest bank, which has been made the headlines in recent times for his investment in fossil fuels.

January 11, 2020

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Serena Williams to feature in exhibiton match to raise funds for Australia bushfire relief

Wildfires have raged across Australia for months, causing huge loss to life and property and burning about 10.3 million hectares of bushland.

January 8, 2020

Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo for special award

Rafael Nadal defeated Lionel Messi in the final, where almost 1,60,00 people voted, to become the best male athlete of the last decade.

December 30, 2019