Roger Federer has had surgery on his right knee and will miss the French Open and several other tournaments. Writing on his Facebook page Thursday, the 20-time Grand Slam champion said his knee "has been bothering me for a little while" so he "decided to ...
Roger Federer bests Rafael Nadal in exhibition match at Cape Town Stadium
Roger Federer wasn't going to lose this one to Rafael Nadal. Not on what felt like a homecoming for Federer, who beat his great rival 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a three-set exhibition match at a soccer stadium on Friday. It was Federer's first match in his ...
Novak Djokovic returned to No. 1 in the ATP rankings Monday after winning his eighth Australian Open title, while Sofia Kenin's first Grand Slam trophy boosted her to a career-high No. 7 — and made her the leading American — on the WTA list. Djokovic's ...
Novak Djokovic ends Roger Federer's title hopes in Australian Open semifinals
Novak Djokovic was wondering, right along with everyone else, what sort of shape Roger Federer would be in for their Australian Open semifinal. So Djokovic was watching closely. At age 38, despite dealing with a painful groin muscle and coming off a draining five-setter, Federer came ...
Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic earn hard-fought wins, await encounter in Australian Open semifinals
Roger Federer was not going to go gently, of course, no matter how daunting the number of match points — his opponent accumulated seven! — no matter how achy his 38-year-old legs, no matter how slow his serves, no matter how off-target his groundstrokes. Federer ...
Naomi Osaka has learned to appreciate her victories more after enduring the "toughest" year of her fledging career and the Japanese world No. 3 says mentally she is in a better place to launch her Australian Open title defense. Osaka started 2019 by winning her ...
Novak Djokovic says the main source of his motivation at this stage of his career is securing a lasting legacy rather than simply trying to win tennis matches and trophies. For nearly two years, from mid-2016 until mid-2018, the 32-year-old Serb had admittedly struggled with ...
Rafael Nadal was confirmed as the year-end world No. 1 for the fifth time after the ATP released its season-closing rankings on Monday. The Spaniard did not make it beyond the group stage of last week's ATP Finals in London, but Novak Djokovic's failure to ...
Roger Federer, John McEnroe push for Laver Cup's place in team tennis
Team events are having quite the resurgence on the men's tennis circuit, with three different competitions scheduled in the next four months. What's still unclear, though, is whether they can all co-exist in the long term. "Something's got to shake out," John McEnroe acknowledged Thursday, ...
Kei Nishikori still looking for way around 'Big Three' roadblock
It's been five years since Kei Nishikori upset Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the U.S. Open to secure his first, and so far only, appearance in a Grand Slam final. At the time it was seen as a stroke of luck that Roger Federer, ...
Kei Nishikori falls as Roger Federer wins 100th Wimbledon match to reach 13th semifinal
Roger Federer racked up his 100th match win at Wimbledon on Wednesday to reach his 13th semifinal at the All England Club and a possible duel with old rival Rafael Nadal. Eight-time champion Federer recovered from losing the opening set to defeat Kei Nishikori 4-6, ...
Kei Nishikori beats Mikhail Kukushkin to make Wimbledon quarterfinals
Kei Nishikori advanced to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon for the second straight year on Monday following a fourth-round victory over Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan. The eighth-seeded Nishikori claimed a 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over the world No. 58 Kukushkin on No. 2 Court. He ...
