tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20749707174016469292011-08-29T11:13:11.970+08:00Dedicated to the world's greatest tennis playerkybrdgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00424918776188254369noreply@blogger.comBlogger1231100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074970717401646929.post-14184230975525055682009-06-13T10:26:00.005+08:002009-06-13T10:36:58.667+08:00

I laughed even harder at this Nike commercial which someone posted on YouTube. And it features a cute ___--well, I'm not spoiling things so you better watch it yourself--whom I've never considered cute at all. Federer is ever so much more good-looking. Ha ha ha... [Oh, my mom's gonna kill me for this.]

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I had a good laugh when I saw this ad which was aired by NBC right after match point at the Roland Garros men's finals last Sunday. It's obvious they taped this some time ago in anticipation of the great event. I hope they didn't have to wait too long to finally run it on television.

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I'd like to apologize to my readers--if you're still there--and offer a couple of explanations as to why I have been unable to maintain this blog for the past year or so:Since July/August last year, my after-office hours have been increasingly devoted to other activities primarily those associated with my parish here. Moreover my workload at the office has increased considerably. As a consequence

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I thought I'd drop a short note about our beloved Roger Federer finally fulfilling his dream of adding the Coupe des Mousquetaires to his already large collection of Grand Slam trophies. Not to mention equaling Pete Sampras' haul of 14 Grand Slam titles and completing a career Grand Slam. Talk about hitting three birds with one stone!The Swiss champ dismantled opponent Robin Soderling in straight

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Roger Federer here looks utterly dejected after seeing his quest for a first title at Roland Garros effectively crushed this year by Rafael Nadal in straight sets 6-1 6-3 6-0.The world number one's error strewn game simply could not hold up under the relentless shotmaking of the Spaniard who with this latest victory has matched Bjorn Borg's record of four straight French Open titles.Federer who

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World number one Roger Federer has made it to the finals at Roland Garros for the third straight year. Likewise, he will be battling his nemesis Rafael Nadal for the only grand slam title missing on his trophy case.Federer played a masterclass of a tennis match in his third round match against Mario Ancic. The Swiss was apparently in superb form as he dismissed the Croatian, 6-4 6-4 6-2.In the

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After two rounds, twelve-time grand slam champion Roger Federer remains en route to a thirteenth grand slam title and first at Roland Garros.There was talk that Federer would have his hands full in the first round since he was drawn there against big-serving Sam Querrey. Happily for Federer fans, the Swiss was virtually untroubled as he dispatched the 6ft 6in American in straight sets, 6-4 6-4 6

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Reigning Roland Garros champion Rafael Nadal outlasted 12-time grand slam champion Roger Federer 7-5 6(3)-7 3-6 in the finals of the ATP Masters Series in Hamburg, Germany to take the only clay-court Masters Series shield missing from his trophy case.Reminiscent of the finals in Monte Carlo, this match was a see-saw battle between the two tennis greats.Federer gained the upperhand early with some

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Four-time title holder Roger Federer is going for a fifth title at the ATP Master Series in Hamburg after holding off unseeded player Andreas Seppi 6-3 6-1 in the semifinals earlier today.The world number one's opponent in the finals will be whoever will emerge as world number two as a result of the battle between current world number two Rafael Nadal and current world number three Novak

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Roger Federer has just lost an extremely close match to Radek Stepanek, 7-6(4) 7-6(7), in the quarterfinals of the ATP Master Series in Rome, Italy.Both players never faced a break point as each comfortably held serve in the opening set. While Federer served very well--he won all points when his first serve went in--Stepanek matched him in that area and was increasingly becoming more effective

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Top ranked Roger Federer continued his relentless march toward a first title at the ATP Masters Series in Rome after overcoming the tour's tallest player, Ivo Karlovic, in straight sets 7-6(4) 6-3.The Swiss at first struggled with Karlovic's big serve and failed to convert a few break points in the first set before prevailing in the tiebreak. Afterwards Federer appeared to pick up on his

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World number one Roger Federer subdued nemesis Guillermo Cañas in straight sets 6-3 6-3 to earn a spot in the third round of the ATP Masters Series in Rome.Facing the 30th ranked Cañas for the first time on clay, Federer was clearly the better-adjusted of the two after breaking the Argentine's serve in the sixth game of the opening set. He repeated the feat in the seventh game of the second set

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World number one Roger Federer has finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal at the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo for the third straight year after losing in two tight sets 7-5 7-5.The first set saw both players exchanging breaks with Nadal eventually prevailing in the 12th game when he converted the first of two break points as Federer served to stay in the set. Indeed the Swiss had a promising start

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It seems that Roger Federer's general likeability--or perhaps it's the aura of invincibility that he exudes--has gone to such an extent that players are now handing him over victories this year. Talk about conquering your opponents with both your tennis game and kindness!First there was Tommy Haas who gave the world number one a free ticket to the semifinals at Indian Wells. Then there was

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Twelve-time grand slam champion Roger Federer received a major boost of confidence when he barged back from a set down to triumph over David Nalbandian 5-7 6-2 6-2 and secure a spot in the semifinals of the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo.The opening set was a display of superb shotmaking as neither player faced a breakpoint up until the 11th game as Federer served to stay in the set. The top seed

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Roger Federer's path toward a title at the ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo was much smoother in the third round as he defeated Gael Monfils of France in straight sets 6-3 6-4.The top seed previously had to fight back from 1-5 down in the third set of his second round match against the 137th ranked Spaniard Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo.This time around Federer kept his unforced error count down--he

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Tennis superstar Roger Federer practically came back from the brink of defeat to win a thriller of a match against Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo and move on to the third round at the Monte Carlo Masters Series.The Swiss appeared to be cruising to a routine win when he emphatically won the first set 6-1.But the Federer Express was derailed as he was broken right off at the start of the second set and

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World number one Roger Federer today begins his quest to win a Masters Series shield at Monte Carlo for the first time. After receiving a bye in the first round, Federer faces Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo, a qualifier to the event, from Spain in an noontime match.Federer went all the way to the finals in the previous two years but lost each time to Rafael Nadal, the world number two from Spain who is

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Roger Federer was literally handed his first title of the year when Nikolay Davydenko retired due to an injury to his left leg during the second set of their match in the finals of the Estoril Open.The Swiss had several chances to break the fourth-ranked Russian's serve in the first set but failed to convert any. He even fought to save a set point as he serving to stay in the set at 5-6.

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For the first time this year, Roger Federer has made the finals of a tournament. And on clay no less! To get there however the tennis world's superstar had to dig deep to come from a set behind in his semifinals match at the Estoril Open in Portugal.The windy conditions played havoc on Federer's shots allowing his opponent, the 104th-ranked German Denis Gremelmayr to break the Swiss' serve twice

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World number one Roger Federer was seen practicing with Jose Higueras looking on before announcing during his pre-tournament press conference at Estoril, Portugal that he would be working with former ATP pro from Spain for at least the start of the clay season.Higueras is well known for coaching Michael Chang and Jim Courier toward titles at Roland Garrosa and was hired at one time by 14-time

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Two-time Wimbledon runner-up and 2003 US Open champion Andy Roddick finally finally finally finally finally stemmed a frustrating tide of 11 straight losses to improve his record against world number one Roger Federer to--drumroll please--2-15 with a hard fought three-set victory (7-6 3-6 6-3) at the ATP Masters Series tournament at Key Biscayne, Florida.Most likely riding on the euphoria of his

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It's always a pleasure to read about Roger Federer, this year's recipient of the ATP Stephan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, doing some good deed now and then. It was therefore no surprise that an act of kindness by Federer has inspired another to repeat the gesture to another fellow tennis player.Preparing to leave Indian Wells for Miami for a pre-tournament photo-shoot, world tennis number two

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Contrary to expectations that he will finally end his title drought of 2008 appropriately in an oasis in the desert, Roger Federer was defeated 6-3 6-2 in the semi-finals by Mardy Fish of the United States at the Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells, California.Fish is the first American that Federer has lost to since late in 2003. (Andy Roddick, who is 1-15 in his head-to-head with the Swiss, must

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Today Roger Federer begins another campaign for his first trophy of the year at the season's very first ATP Masters Series tournament at Indian Wells, California.After battling mononucleosis and consequently failing to defend his titles at the Australian Open and the Dubai Tennis Championships, the current world number one hopes to extend his lead over world number two, Rafael Nadal, who is the

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When Roger Federer said he came down with a stomach flu before the AAMI Classic at Kooyong early in January it turns out that that was just part of a bigger picture.A number of articles have begun popping-up all over the world-wide-web to report that the world number one had been ill with mononucleosis--and for at least six weeks according to doctors.The New York Times described the disease as

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Oh dear. Our tennis hero has just once again been derailed in his quest to defend another title.The world tennis number one was upset in the first round at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships by Andy Murray 7-6(6) 3-6 4-6.Roger Federer scrambled to take the opening set by coming from behind 2-5 in the thrilling tiebreak to win at 8-6. But he let momentum sway over to young Scot's side,

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World tennis number one Roger Federer dominated sports headlines worldwide yet again by being crowned the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year award for the fourth year running!Federer had already made history last year when he scooped up a third straight Laureus award. By collecting another award this year, the Swiss has become first man to win the award four times--in straight years no less!---

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After beginning the year by being recognized as a champion of champions by two voting bodies, Federer's preparations for the brand new tennis season has been temporarily derailed. Our dear Swiss tennis superstar has apparently fallen victim to a "terrible stomach virus" and has been advised by doctors to rest for a couple of days. As a result, Federer had no choice but to withdraw from the AAMI

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Clocks have barely chimed in the new year yet with true Swiss precision Federer has already even won more recognition for his achievements without missing a beat!First, the French newspaper L'Equipe overwhelmingly named him 'Champion of Champions' and then the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) voted him the world’s 'Top Sporting Champion of the Year'. This is the third year in a row

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I was watching CNN International's World Sport: Best of 2007 earlier this evening and, surprise! Federer's amazing between-the-legs shot during his match against Bracialli in the early rounds of Dubai Duty Free Open earlier this year was shown. CNN International had just named it World Sport's Play of the Year! Another perfectly wonderful way to end the year. All bow down to King Roger the

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Here's a hilarious video of a few ATP tennis stars singing (or at least trying to sing) Jingle Bells. Be sure to watch it til the end!

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Roger Federer took some time out during his exhibition series with Pete Sampras to talk with CNN International's Anjali Rao on Talk Asia over the weekend.In case you missed it (I watched the original airing and nearly all the replays because I kept getting called away from the tv), there is a transcript of the interview over at CNN's website. Another blog on Federer has also compiled the videos

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For the third year running, Roger has been nominated for Athlete of the Year by the United States Sports Academy.The winner will be decided by an online vote the USA Today and the MSNBC websites that opened today and will be ongoing until 24 December 2007.The world number one in men's tennis won the Outstanding Athlete of the Year in the past two years and could win it for a third straight year

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As part of his duties as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Federer has recorded a public service announcement to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. The video which the popular and well-respected Swiss athlete recorded in English, German and French, will be released on World AIDS Day on 01 December 2007.

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Last Monday, 26 November, marked Federer's 200th consecutive week as world number one in men's tennis. He has been ranked at the top since 02 February 2004 after he won his second Grand Slam title at the 2004 Australian Open.The Swiss tennis superstar surpassed Steffi Graf's all-time record of 186 straight weeks as number one last August 27. He also broke Jimmy Connor's record (for men's tennis

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The world number one has been recognized once more for his achievements on and off the court: he has been named one of the Men of the Year by GQ magazine for the year 2007. Included in the article about the Swiss tennis star is a tribute written by the legendary Bjorn Borg, and yet another stunning photo of Federer.Honored along with the "Court King" are former US president Bill Clinton, New

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David Ferrer, Federer's challenger for the recent Masters cup title, has just edged out the champion for this year's Golden Bagel Award™. Since both players were tied at seven "bagels apiece--that is, sets won to love--the winner had to be determined by counting the number of "fries" or "breadsticks" (6-1 sets) each had given out: Federer had fourteen "fries" while Ferrer had eighteen.The

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Goodness! What else is there to say about what this great champion is capable of doing?!Our tennis superstar capped yet another stunning season with his fourth Masters Cup title in five years. The world number one simply outclassed David Ferrer in straight sets, 6-2 6-3 6-2, in the finals of the season-ending championship held in Shanghai.Ferrer had come into the finals as the only undefeated

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Defending champion Roger Federer has just taken down arch-rival Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-1 at the semifinals of the Masters Cup in Shanghai to earn the right to face David Ferrer for the final title of the season.The sixth seeded Ferrer had thumped Andy Roddick 6-1 6-3 in the earlier semifinal match.This most anticipated match of the year-end tournament between the top two players on tour at least

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The Swiss world number one pulled out all the stops yet again to defeat Andy Roddick in round-robin play at the Masters Cup in Shanghai. This is Federer's fifteenth win over Roddick in sixteen meetings.The American number one had confidently gone into the match expecting to finally notch a second victory over Federer in four years after the defending champion looked uncharacteristically

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Defending champion Federer has qualified for the semifinals of the ATP Masters Cup in Shanghai--and without having to win his match against Andy Roddick.But he has Nikolay Davydenko to thank. The Russian has just defeated Fernando Gonzalez in straight sets to eliminate the Chilean from the year-end championships and send both Roddick and Federer into the semifinals. (A naughty thought: perhaps

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What a relief! Federer has won his second round-robin match against Nikolay Davydenko 6-4 6-3 at the Masters Cup in Shanghai. This win, coming after a shock opening match loss to Fernando Gonzalez, brings the defending champion back into contention for a slot in the semifinals of the season-ending tournament.Although he won in straight sets, the top seed's performance was still far from being

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Bad news: The Swiss world number one has tasted defeat for the very first time in round-robin play at the Masters Cup courtesy of an in-form Fernando Gonzalez.Playing against the Chilean whom he has defeated in all their previous ten matches including at this year's Australian Open finals, Federer looked to be cruising toward just another routine win as he handily took the first set on a single

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Groupings at the season-ending Masters Cup have been released!Federer has been placed together with Andy Roddick, Nikolay Davydenko and Fernando Gonzales to form the Red Group while the rest of the participating eight top-ranked players, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, David Ferrer and Richard Gasquet are in the Gold Group.The groupings look promising for our Swiss hero as he has an overwhelming

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Despite being the second-best player on clay, Federer still makes a striking figure in clay as a terracotta warrior!This is of course nothing but one of the promotions for the Tennis Masters Cup where a terracotta warrior depicting each of the top eight players participating in the tournament is being created.

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This looks like a case of deja vu: Federer suffered two straight losses to the same player within a matter of weeks and in two consecutive Masters Series tournaments no less.Earlier in the spring it was to Argentine Guillermo Cañas at Indian Wells and Miami, the first two Masters Series tournaments of the season. This time around, it was to yet another Argentine, David Nalbandian, who defeated

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Hear ye! Hear ye! Our King Roger the Great has been in another photo shoot by renowned photographer Annie Liebovitz and this time it's for Disney's "Year of a Million Dreams" promotion.In a photo (detail shown at left) aptly entitled "When You're Always King of the Court", Roger looking every inch a dashing knight in shining armor--and a flowing red cape to boot!--poses as the legendary King

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Our Swiss tennis superstar has clinched the number one ranking for the fourth year running after successfully winning a second consecutive title at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Switzerland. Federer comfortably defeated the unseeded Jarkko Nieminen of Finland, 6-3 6-4 in the finals.Previous to that match, the 6'1" top seed fought off 6'10" Croatian Ivo Karlovic yet again--I wonder what he

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After a rather shaky start at his hometown tournament, Roger stamped his authority with a quick 58-minute 6-1 6-4 win over young Argentine Juan Martin del Potro to move into the semifinals of the Davidoff Swiss Indoors.Although I didn't get to watch the match itself (no coverage at all of this minor tournament at my favorite cable sports channel), it was clear that the top seed was back into his

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Federer failed to defend his title at Madrid as he lost to long-time nemesis David Nalbandian in three sets, 6-1 3-6 3-6.The Swiss top seed and defending champion appeared to be on the way to another routine win when he easily took the first set on two breaks of serve. Unfortunately he was unable to maintain his form, committing an uncharacteristic 38 unforced errors in the process, as the

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Federer exacted revenge on Guillermo Cañas at the AMS Madrid, and how! The top seed and defending champion bageled Cañas in the first set then made a break of serve one more time in the second for good measure. On top of it all, Federer allowed his hapless opponent nary a break point on the way to a emphatic straight-sets victory (6-0 6-3). Just the perfect revenge for back-to-back losses at

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After winning a record fourth-consecutive US Open men's singles title in September, he took a long well-deserved break before coming out of hibernation to dutifully play two singles rubbers and a doubles match for Switzerland in the Davis Cup World Group tie against the Czech Republic. Then just two weeks ago, he withdrew from the Japan Open in Tokyo, where he was defending champion, to get some

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As many of you most probably know, ATP has a wonderful magazine called DEUCE which they launched a few years ago. But I don't think did too well on print because it is now being published exclusively online. Having it online though should be a big plus since it will be more accessible to many (like me) who are interested in reading the articles in the magazine but cannot afford to pay for a

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Is there anything this amazing Swiss can't do? I've been a Federer fan for more than four years now but this guy continues to give me the goosebumps whenever he plays. What can I say? He's so ... Federer!And so it was in the finals of the 2007 US Open which he won in three thrilling sets 7-6(5) 7-6(2) 6-4. The young challenger Novak Djokovic showed why he is someone to contend with in years to

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The great Swiss continues to rewrite tennis history. No sooner had he set a record by making the semifinals of a grand slam tournament for the 14th time in a row when he set still another record by making it to a grand slam finals for the 10th consecutive time!Federer accomplished this remarkable feat by beating Nikolay Davydenko 7-5 6-1 7-5 in the first men's singles semifinals match at this

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World number one Roger Federer proved that he was still better than a near-perfect Andy Roddick when they met for the fifteenth time in their careers at the US Open quarterfinals.Since I was at work while the match was being played, I couldn't watch the match live and could only resort to watching the live scoreboard on the US Open website. (Bandwidth was woefully slow that I couldn't even

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The witty Andy Roddick's scouting report on the Federer-Isner third round match was almost spot on: Isner is going to be very tall and Roger's going to be very good. John Isner was indeed very tall and he was good as well. Still, that was not good enough against the world number one who was not very good but rather very very good.With Isner firing nine aces in the opening set, the great Swiss at

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Federer easily breezed through the first two rounds at the US Open, defeating two qualifiers in two straight-set matches. Federer's 92-minute 6-3 6-2 6-4 victory over the United States' own Scoville Jenkins was a typical but perfect start for the three-time defending US Open champion. However it was during his match against the 120th-ranked Paul Capdeville that he unleashed his impressive

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Federer has yet set another record today: He has now held the number one ranking for 187 consecutive weeks. This surpasses Steffi Graf's all-time record for the longest reign at the top spot for both men and women tennis players.Long live King Roger the Great!

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Another grand slam tournament is about to start and what's new? Nothing much really. Federer is once again favored to win a grand slam title, this one to be his 12th overall. Quite honestly, Federer winning a fourth consecutive US Open title seems to be the most reasonable prediction if one is to look at his performance in grand slams in the past three years: 14 consecutive semifinals and nine

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It was another of those blink-and-you'll-miss-it tennis matches courtesy of the Federer Express. I for one "blinked"--having awakened at 4:35am already, 35 minutes after live coverage of the match began here--and was dismayed to find that I had completely missed the first set. Actually, the match could have been over more quickly had Federer not struggled through several deuces on his third

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The world tennis number one eked out an 11th straight victory over Lleyton Hewitt to get another chance to secure a 50th career ATP singles title and a 14th ATP Masters Series shield. Federer seemed on course to another straight-set victory after winning the first set easily 6-3 but he squandered three match points in the second set which Hewitt won in a tight tiebreak 9-7. The two then traded

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Federer has struggled yet again past another opponent to advance in the Cincinnati Masters as he needed three sets (6-3 3-6 6-2) to shake off a fighting Spaniard Nicolas Almagro. The top seed had a few lapses as he was broken once in each of the first two sets. While he was able to recover in the first to get up a set, he was unable to fight back when he was broken in the eighth game of the

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In a thrilling three-set final, world number one Roger Federer was unable to defend his title at the Canada Masters Series in Montreal as he lost to Novak Djokovic 6-7(4) 6-2 6-7(2) for the first time in six meetings. Federer simply couldn't capitalize on several set point chances in the first set which he eventually lost in a tiebreak. He bounced back however in the second set as he broke

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Federer moved on to the third round at the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada at his first tournament appearance since winning a historic fifth consecutive Wimbledon title. Federer's opponent in the second round match which didn't produce any break points at all was the Croatian giant Ivo Karlovic who predictably fired at lot of aces (16) but succumbed to Federer's brilliant shot-making in two

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This is a bit late but I thought I'd post a video of the new Gillette commercial featuring Roger together with Tiger Woods and Henry Thierry.

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Number one-ranked Federer has once again secured a slot in the end-of-season Masters Cup tournament. This will be his fourth appearance in Shanghai and sixth time overall.His nemesis and world number two Rafael Nadal , who actually leads the ATP 2007 Race with 886 points--85 points ahead of Roger--likewise qualified for the eight-player tournament.If I recall correctly, this is probably the

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Another past tennis great had something to say about Federer. Before he was inducted into the tennis Hall of Fame, 14-time Grand Slam winner Pete Sampras said this of his meeting with Roger before the AMS tournament at Indian Wells earlier this year :He came by, and we hit for two days, and it was a lot of fun to not only hit with Roger, but to get to know him a little bit.We talked for two

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There was an appropriate epilogue to Federer's latest victory at Wimbledon as he was met after the match by the very man whose Wimbledon record he equaled. The great Bjorn Borg and the current Wimbledon men's champion briefly exchanged words after sharing a "Swedish hug" (whatever that means) as they stood before the board listing men's singles winners in the tournament's entire history. If both

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History was made at another Grand Slam final and this time around it was the one Federer--and we Federer fans--dreamed of.The great Swiss won a record-equaling fifth straight title at Wimbledon after battling with archrival Rafael Nadal in an intense nerve-wracking five-set final, 7-6(7) 4-6 7-6(2) 2-6 6-2.The match began fittingly with an ace from Federer who went on to pull ahead with a 3-0

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Here's a new Nike advertisement which starts off with beautiful flashbacks of the tennis champion's career and ends with a cheeky message from the golf champion to his good friend. After all, isn't that what friends are for?

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Federer won his 53rd straight match on grass with relative ease to make it to the finals at the Wimbledon tennis championships for the fifth straight year. He needed only three sets and one hour and three quarters to defeat a match-worn 12th seed Richard Gasquet, 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4. The young but talented Frenchman managed to hold off the four-time champion in the first set until he lost his serve

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After waiting overnight to continue yet another rain-delayed match at this year's damp Wimbledon, Federer pulled-off a four set victory (7-6(2) 3-6 6-1 6-3) over Spanish former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero in the quarter-finals.Federer shook off any rustiness due to his five-day holiday with an ace on his way to hold serve as the two continued their match which was suspended due to rain

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The world mens' tennis number one was finally sighted on Wimbledon when he made an all-too-brief and tentative appearance in the All England Club's hallowed Centre Court. Fresh from a five-day forced rest, Roger Federer made an emphatic start in his quarterfinals match against former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero when he broke the Spaniard's serve at the very first opportunity to lead 2-0

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Federer got a free ticket to the quarter-finals of this year's Wimbledon Championships when his fourth round opponent Tommy Haas withdrew due to a torn abdominal muscle (ouch!). This will allow Federer some rest at least before the quarters which are scheduled (by my reckoning) to be played on Monday or Tuesday. Just hope that lack of matchplay won't make him rusty.

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All the hype preceding the highly anticipated "supermatch" between Federer and Marat Safin in the third round of Wimbledon was all for naught as the latter didn't have one of his "crazy good days" as the four-time defending champion had feared.It took Federer only three sets (6-1 6-4 7-6(4)) to beat the clearly frustrated Safin who took out his anger on his racquets as usual but was surprisingly

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Number one seed Federer continued his relentless march toward a fifth-straight Wimbledon Men's Singles title as he overcame 18-year-old Juan Martin del Potro 6-2 7-5 6-1 in the second round. In another rain-delayed match, Federer grabbed the first two sets and was leading 2-0 in the third when rain came down once again to disrupt proceedings at the All England Lawn Tennis club. After play was

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Federer eased past Russian Teimuraz Gabashvili in straight sets 6-3 6-2 6-4 as he opened the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, England. Play at the All England Lawn Tennis club was actually delayed for nearly two hours due to rain but once play commenced Federer got down to business immediately by wrapping up his first-round match in a mere 92 minutes.This was his 49th straight victory

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It's Wimbledon season once again, as humorously observed by Matthew Pritchett in his cartoons for the Telegraph below, and, like any other Federer fan, I'm all excited!World tennis number one and four-time Wimbledon men's champion Roger Federer opens his campaign for a record-tying fifth straight Wimbledon crown tomorrow, 25 June, when he opens the prestigious tennis tournament with a match

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Eleven-time Grand Slam champion Bjorn Borg is clearly an admirer of Federer and is reportedly looking forward to seeing the current world tennis number one match his five consecutive titles at Wimbledon when he returns to the All England Club for this year's championships.I can't wait to hopefully sit down on Centre Court on the second Sunday and watch Roger win. That would be wonderful, I really

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Four-time champion Federer will not play for a fifth successive title at this year's Gerry Weber Open tournament in Halle, Germany. While saying that he doesn't want to risk getting injured, he plans to be back in 2008. I think this is understandable considering how fatigued he must be after that three-hour epic of a match he had with Nadal at the French Open. But I hope skipping what is

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Here's an interesting perspective of the Federer-Nadal rivalry given by Greg Garber at ESPN which only magnifies Federer's achievements in the world of tennis. And I don't think the same can be said of Nadal.Almost single-handedly, Nadal has prevented Federer from making a complete mockery of the men's game.Consider this: Going into this final at Roland Garros, Federer had put together two of

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History was made at Roland Garros today although not the kind we Federer fans were hoping for.Nadal won a rare third straight French Open title as he ended Federer's bid for a career Grand Slam with a four-set victory in the latest chapter of the rivalry between the top two tennis players. In a way, Nadal was right in saying that Federer had much more at stake with that match: Federer had a

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It's 3-6 4-3, Federer serving. The crowd is definitely behind Roger. I have a feeling that they came not to watch Federer and Nadal play each other but to see history being made. And they won't settle for anything less. You can do it Roger!

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Federer was recognized as the the men's World Champion for 2006 by the International Tennis Federation during a dinner held in honour of other outstanding tennis players last Tuesday, 05 June. Last season, Federer won a total of 12 titles, had an amazing 92-5 win-loss record and extended his already huge lead at No. 1 in the rankings. Federer also had won the award for his accomplishments in

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A decidedly lackluster Federer eked out a straight-sets win over Nikolai Davydenko at the semifinals of the French Open, 7-5 7-6(5) 7-6(7). He had to fight back from a break down in each set as Davydenko seemingly would not believe that he could defeat the Swiss world tennis number one. One commentator even jokingly noted that Davydenko had changed to an orange shirt in the third set perhaps in

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Tonight I witnessed Federer drop his first set in 12 matches in a Grand Slam tournament on his way to a victory over Spaniard Tommy Robredo, 7-5 1-6 6-1 6-2 in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros a.k.a. the French Open. Despite the hiccup, Federer still set two records:by winning the first set, he won a 36th consecutive set at a grand slam tournament, andhe made it to a record 12th consecutive

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I haven't posted in nearly two months, having been out of the country for a month's vacation. Before that, I was busy wrapping up things at work so that I could pass them on to whoever would be taking up my duties while I was gone.Now that I'm back, quite a lot has happened since that last post about both Federer and Nadal getting into the finals at Monte Carlo:Nothing new at that finals as

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ATP's top-ranked player Roger Federer had a comfortable win (6-3 6-4) over former champion Juan Carlos Ferrero in the semifinals of the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series. Federer will attempt to grab the title from defending champion Rafael Nadal who managed to overcome Tomas Berdych 6-0 7-5 in the other semifinals. Just as in earlier rounds in the tournament, Federer had some sort of a slow start

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Sigh. I must have been too tired from yesterday to wake up for today's 4am delayed telecast of Federer/Ferrer quarterfinal match at Monte Carlo. Good thing somebody's posted about four minutes worth of highlights of the match on YouTube. Still, there's nothing like watching the entire match. And besides, it's hard to spot the ball in the tiny video and especially against the red clay; it's

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Okay, just as I predicted Roger Federer won his quarterfinal match against David Ferrer at the Monte Carlo AMS pretty handily. It took less than an hour, in fact, and had a fantastic final score of 6-4 6-0. (Federer's Bagel and Breadstick Bakery is in business again! Hooray!) Since ESPN Star Sports here didn't have live coverage of the match, I had to resort to the next best thing: live

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The Federer Express quickly dispatched Korean Hyung-Taik Lee in a 104-minute 6-4 6-3 victory in the third round at the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series.As is usual for Federer in the early rounds of a tournament, he struggled a bit in the beginning, losing his serve once to Lee. (I was terribly nervous watching those first few opening games!) But Federer managed to break Lee's serve for a second

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Whoa! Roger Federer's on the cover of the May/June 2007 issue of Men's Vogue magazine.There's a nice lengthy revealing article inside as a result of the author's interview with Federer in Dubai where Federer has established a second home and base. Among many other things, Federer talks about meeting tennis legend Bjorn Borg, his friendship with Tiger Woods (the same issue also contains an

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ATP's top-ranked player, Roger Federer was among several other top players (and other critics) who have deplored the ATP's plans to implement a new calendar starting 2009. In particular, they were unhappy that the decisions--like the downgrade of the current AMS event at Monaco--were reached with little consultation with the players:I mean, issues like here in Monaco, with the 2009 calendar, and

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Roger Federer has just edged Andreas Seppi via two tie-breaks to reach the third round at the Monte Carlo ATP Masters Series in Monaco. This is Federer's first match on clay this season so it's understandable that he's struggling at the moment to find his rhythm. Besides, Seppi has had more match time in the tournament having gone through the qualifying round while Federer, the number one seed

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Ever since his early exit from the Miami ATP Masters Series, Federer has apparently been deep in preparation for the European clay season which begins with the Monte Carlo AMS. His part-time coach, Tony Roche, will be joining him there and will in fact be staying on to mentor him until the French Open, the one Grand Slam that Federer has not won. But that will mean that Roche won't be around to

kybrdgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00424918776188254369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074970717401646929.post-24797749684936418902007-04-11T15:31:00.000+08:002007-07-14T14:59:51.487+08:00

That is, as a one-franc postage stamp issued by the Swiss post, the first time a living person is depicted on a Swiss postage stamp. Hey, that's yet another first for our record-breaking champ! The stamp, bearing a photo of the Roger Federer holding up the Wimbledon winner's trophy when he won title for the fourth straight year--very appropriate, considering how the Swiss tennis superstar highly

kybrdgalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00424918776188254369noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2074970717401646929.post-90351978623831442502007-04-05T21:43:00.000+08:002007-04-05T21:55:59.062+08:00

This isn't exactly breaking news nor does it have anything to do with Federer but I couldn't resist putting this bit in since I'm a sucker for animals myself:Fernando Gonzalez, Federer's opponent (okay, so there's the Federer connection after all) in this year's Australian Open finals, stopped to help a dog, which had apparently been struck down by a car, and paid the price: he got bitten in the

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Tennis' number one player, Roger Federer, has set yet another record: he has now become the first athlete to win three Laureus sports awards by winning the Sportsman of the Year award for the third straight year! This latest accolade is in recognition of another successful tennis season last year when he won another three grand slams, four Masters Series titles and the season-ending Masters

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