Roger Federer

Roger's Feathers Get Ruffled

Indian Wells 2010, 3rd Round - Who would have thought - in fact, since the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis had not beaten a top ten player since 2008, not many were keeping an eye on the third round match featuring the world number one Roger Federer vs. Marcos Baghdatis.... read more »

Roger Federer Secures his 16th Grand Slam

Roger beats a couple more of his own records en route to his 16th Grand Slam win. On the other side of the draw, Serena Williams stays strong by fending off a near defeat in the quarters against Victoria Azarenka, and in the semis against Li Na. Her sister Venus gets ousted; U.S. Open champ Clijsters gets blow out of the water in the third round in her worst loss ever; and Justine makes a dream comeback run to the finals where Serena takes her down in a battle for the ages... read more »

Federer Family Welcomes Twins

The athlete that many consider to be the greatest tennis player of all time, Roger Federer, and his wife Mirka, welcome two baby girls, Charlene Riva Federer and Myla Rose Federer, on July 23, 2009. First, we at Tales of Tennis would like to take a minute to congratulate the Federer family on the beautiful new additions to their household... read more »

A Battle for the Ages

No one saw it coming - with Nadal out of the picture, everyone thought Roger Federer would be on cruise control to secure his 15th grand slam on the lawns of Wimbledon, 2009. His 15th Grand Slam would give him the most of any player in the ATP, beating Pete Sampras' previous record of 14. But whew - it was closer than anyone expected... 

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Federer Finally Wins Roland Garros

I don't know about you, but this is about the last year I expected Roger to win the French. Given his performance leading up to the French Open, I thought he would, at best, reach the quarters. Even if the Nadal work to injure himself, which, given the troubles he's had with his knees - is always a possibility, I didn't think Federer was playing up to the level it would take to win another major. Granted, he is hands down the second best clay court player on the tour. He proved that when he took down Nadal in Madrid... read more »

It seems like only a year ago...

...that we were repeatedly engaging in the discussion of Sampras vs. Federer and who could be the greatest of all time. So much attention was focused on these two, and comparisons to past greats, that people didn't seem to consider that just as quickly's as Sampras' place in the history books was usurped by Federer, Nadal is now handily on track to take down not some, but all of Federer's records. How so? ... read more »

Federer wins gold with compatriot Wawrinka

Doubles gold, that is. But still a gold medal. In fact, watching this match made me realize what a potent doubles team the two top 10 Swiss make. They took out the #1 doubles team in the world, the Bryan Brothers, in the semifinal, and go on to defeat Sweden's Simon Aspelin (doubles specialist) and Thomas Johansson in the gold medal match... read more »