Posted by WTM on February 2, 2010 · 1 Comment
February 2 is an historic day in the life and career of Roger Federer. As documented in the book ON THIS DAY IN TENNIS HISTORY, it was February 2, 2004 when Federer first became the No. 1 player in the world. It was one day after Federer won his first Australian Open title – and [...]
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Posted by WTM on February 1, 2010 · 2 Comments
STARS
Australian Open
Men’s singles: Roger Federer beat Andy Murray 6-3 6-4 7-6
Women’s singles: Serena Williams beat Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2
Men’s doubles: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic 6-3 6-7 (5) 6-3
Women’s doubles: Venus Williams and Serena Williams beat Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4 6-3
Mixed doubles: Cara Black and Leander [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment
On the current career resume of Roger Federer, the Australian Open stands as his most elusive major. The Swiss maestro has gone three years without winning Australia’s Grand Slam tournament, an eternity by the standards of Federer, the reigning French and Wimbledon champion who last won the U.S. Open in 2008. Federer last won in [...]
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Posted by WTM on January 16, 2010 · 2 Comments
Roger Federer is often called the greatest tennis player of all-time, but one other appropriate label is humanitarian. Federer is doing what he can to raise funds to help victims of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Tuesday.
On Saturday, Federer posted on his Facebook fan page; “Tomorrow at 2pm, with other top players, we are [...]
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Posted by WTM on December 4, 2009 · Leave a Comment
1977: ALEXANDER IS GREAT AS AUSSIES WIN THE CUP
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Posted by WTM on November 29, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Nikolay Davydenko won the biggest title of his career Sunday defeating Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 to win the year-end Barclay’s ATP World Tour Finals in London. Davydenko became the first Russian to win the season-ending championships and pocketed $770,000 with the victory. The Russian played flawless tennis from the baseline all week, registering [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
Juan Martin Del Potro beat Roger Federer in a three-set thriller Thursday to scrape into the ATP World Tour Finals semis with Federer by the tightest of margins.
The Argentine beat the Swiss world number one 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 in two hours and six minutes at London’s O2 Arena, and only just earned himself a [...]
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Posted by WTM on November 26, 2009 · 1 Comment
The following is an excerpt from the November, 1981 issue of WORLD TENNIS magazine where 1931 Wimbledon Champion Sidney Wood discusses how tennis scored him a Thanksgiving Day turkey. Wood, a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, was also a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1931 and 1934 and was [...]
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