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FEDERER RIDUCLED AS GRAND SLAM CHOKER? SAY IT AIN’T SO!

June 1, 2010 By Tennis Grandstand 1 Comment

Roger Federer, the man who has won more major singles titles than anyone in history, was once considered a Grand Slam tournament choker. Rene Stauffer, the author of the book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION ($24.95, New Chapter Press, www.RogerFedererBook.com), takes readers back to the time when Federer was remarkably perceived as a [...]

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CHINA: THE GLOBAL TENNIS FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH

January 27, 2010 By Tennis Grandstand 3 Comments

By Melina Harris With the world’s largest population of 1.3 billion, China’s pedigree and potential as a tennis nation should have matched its economic prowess in the last decade. However, the Communist regime’s strict control over the way players previously managed their careers, with the state run federation denying any international competition and recently taking [...]

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Federer’s Business

October 5, 2009 By Randy Walker 1 Comment

Media reports out of Europe have indicated that Roger Federer’s fragrance and cosmetics company “RF” will cease operations. Started in 2003 by Federer’s then-girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec, “RF” was one of the Federer initiatives during the entrepreneur management phase of his career, before re-signing with the International Management Group.

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Federer and Hewitt Rewind

September 4, 2009 By Randy Walker 1 Comment

Roger Federer and Lleyton Hewitt will meet in an epic third round match up at the 2009 US Open in a battle of former champions. Rene Stauffer, the author of book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY: QUEST FOR PERFECTION.

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Federer’s First of Five US Open Titles

August 28, 2009 By Randy Walker 2 Comments

Roger Federer is no doubt the King of the US Open. He will be seeking his sixth straight men’s singles title in 2009, equaling the effort by Bill Tilden, who won six straight titles from 1920-1925.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Mirka and I became proud parents of twin girls

July 27, 2009 By Bob Greene 3 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 Indianapolis Tennis Championships and the International German Open.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: I’m so happy, I wouldn’t trade this victory for a Grand Slam

July 20, 2009 By Bob Greene 1 Comment

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 Catella Swedish Open and the Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo.

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Roger Federer: Setting Records Around The World

July 14, 2009 By Randy Walker 3 Comments

Tennis fans have been very amused at the new NetJets television advertisement featured Roger Federer pulled a luggage rack full of all of his Grand Slam tournament trophies to his private jet.

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Roger Federer and The Rocket

January 29, 2009 By Randy Walker Leave a Comment

With Rod Laver in attendance, Roger Federer advanced into his 18th career major singles final Thursday defeating Andy Roddick 6-2, 7-5, 7-5 in the semifinals of the Australian Open, played Thursday in the arena that bears the Australian tennis legend’s name. The 2009 season marks the 40th anniversary of Laver winning his unprecedented second “Grand Slam” sweep of all four major titles.

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Mondays With Bob Greene: Against Djokovic you need to be perfect

November 17, 2008 By Bob Greene Leave a Comment

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 Shanghai Masters Cup and the PEOPLEnet Cup.

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