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Roger Federer Will Continue to Make History

January 27, 2013 By 4 Comments

Roger Federer: 17-time Grand Slam champion, 6-time Year-End Championships winner, 21-time ATP Masters 1000 champion (he holds the record amount of titles alongside Spaniard, Rafael Nadal), Olympic silver medalist and Olympic gold medalist in the doubles with compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka. Overall, he has won 76 career singles titles in total, but why am I collating [...]

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Federer Trumps Murray in Dubai and Continues to Even Out Head-to-Head Stats

March 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Roger Federer continued his resurgence as he beat Andy Murray in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in a well-fought 96 minutes, winning 7-5, 6-4. Although that can hardly seem like an intense or arduous match compared to the six hour long Australian Open final between Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, it [...]

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Roger Federer on Re-Inventing Himself, His Top Three Grand Slam Wins, Mental Strength and Retirement

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Roger Federer is a man of many talents, and giving honest and stirring interviews is no exception. On Tuesday evening at the Manhattan Hotel in Rotterdam, Federer participated in a JURA coffee sponsorship event, where he was interviewed in front of exclusive guests before participating in a media conference. Federer reminisced on his top three [...]

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Two Days in Rotterdam: A Love Affair With Tennis

February 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It’s Valentine’s Day and this year, I want to tell you the story of how I fell in love with tennis. The ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament is one of those ATP 500 level tournaments that brings in the top tennis talent. Year after year the tournament draw is stacked big name players. This year’s [...]

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ATP Rotterdam Day One Roundup & Photos: Lopez, Gasquet, Mathieu, Dolgopolov

February 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Catch all the action this week and follow professional tennis photographer Rick Gleijm as he covers ATP Tour’s ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament in Rotterdam. The gallery below includes day one action. Three top players were surprised to find themselves on the losing end of their first-round matches. Paul-Henri Mathieu came to Rotterdam as a wildcard into the qualifying [...]

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Mondays With Bob Greene: You just try to first get the ball back

August 24, 2009 By 4 Comments

Bob Greene, the esteemed former Associated Press tennis writer, wraps up the week that was in international tennis with his “Monday’s With Bob Greene” column – a revival of his popular weekly feature at the AP. This week Bob summarizes the Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters.

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Another Croatian Surprise?

July 11, 2009 By 4 Comments

Croatia stands just one win away from a third incredible win over the United States in Davis Cup play. Croatia, in fact, is the only nation the United States has never beaten in Davis Cup play and it will remain as such unless James Blake and Mardy Fish can sweep Marin Cilic and Ivo Karlovic in Sunday’s reverse singles.

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Week 7 Preview: Buenos Aires, Rotterdam, San Jose

February 24, 2008 By Leave a Comment

The 7th week of the ATP Tour is coming up and so here is another preview. The preview includes Buenos Aires (Argentina), ABN Amro in Rotterdam (Netherlands), San Jose (USA).

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