Well it’s not like we didn’t see this coming. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will face off for the third straight year in the finals of the French Open. Roland Garros wouldn’t be Roland Garros without the top two players having a showdown, would it?
Nadal knocked off Novak Djokovic. Easily. Too easily to have Roger […]
He hasn’t been splashy either, but Roger Federer is into the semi-finals of the French Open after defeating Fernando Gonzalez. Federer lost the first set in a big way with Gonzalez teaching him how it’s done to the tune of 6-2. Federer then turned the tables in the next three sets, winning the second 6-2, […]
The two number one seeds have continued their march in search of the crown at Roland Garros. Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova both advanced in straight sets at the French Open which is good news for the duo but bad news for the rest of the field. When those two are on…well…it’s just not good […]
The early morning update (for me anyway - darn west coast time!) - Roger Federer ousted the American Sam Querrey in the first round of the French Open. Bummer dude. I liked Querrey but he had one heck of a hard first round draw. Even when Federer is off his game, he’s formidable and not […]
It took three sets, but Rafael Nadal secured the victory over Roger Federer at the Hamburg Masters 5-7, 7-6(3), 6-3. Rafa’s just ridiculously good on clay and that’s really all there is to say about it.
I am glad Rafa rose to the occassion though. He’s been battling a few foot injuries, and he’s spent a […]
Roger Federer is cruising, folks, and that’s a dangerous thing for everyone else on the tour. Luckily for everyone else, these days it seems to be a less daunting task to tap the brakes and get the King off that cruise control.
Federer is into the semifinals of the Hamburg Masters after dispatching Fernando Verdasco 6-3, […]
In the wake of Justine Henin’s retirement earlier today, everything else pales in comparison. Even the fact that Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are still going strong in the hunt for the Hamburg Masters title.
Federer blew past Jarkko Nieminen 6-1, 6-3 to reach the third round. Nadal struggled a bit with Potito Starace but finally […]
Apparently Rafa was only the first in a string of toppled giants. Roger Federer lost a tightly-contested two-set match to Radek Stepanek in the Rome Masters quarterfinals 7-6(4), 7-6(7). I don’t know which type of loss is harder: the one where you get completely blown off the court or the one where you’re so incredibly […]
Rafa had a valid point when he said the clay court season was jammed into a tight time frame. I feel like I’ve just wrapped up one tournament, take a breath and then turn around and realize we’re already halfway through the next tournament. And I’m just writing about it!
So Roger Federer passed another clay […]
What a week of clay court tennis it has been! If there was any doubt that Rafael Nadal still owned the clay court crown, he dispelled those doubts with 7-5, 7-5 victory over Roger Federer in the Monte Carlo Masters final.
Rafa was facing a dismal 4-0 hole in the second set but clawed his way […]
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