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Roger Federer drops 1st match since Wimbledon loss
Top-ranked Roger Federer was knocked out of the Rogers Cup with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to France's Gilles Simon in a second-round match Wednesday night.
Roger Federer lost a shocking three-set match at the Rogers Cup on Wednesday. SUN MEDIA/Stan Behal All that talk of the dominance of the top three seeds in men's tennis came to an abrupt halt last night, thanks ...
Federer bounced in Toronto opener by Simon
Top-ranked Roger Federer was knocked out of the Rogers Cup with a 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to France's Gilles Simon in a second-round match Wednesday night.
Toronto anxiously awaits the two No. 1s
Technically, it was the first day of the Rogers Cup Monday, complete with top-10 players, a rain delay, the works.
Former world No.1 Marat Safin will join his sister Dinara Safina at the 2009 Hopman Cup tennis tournament in Perth.
Streamlined squad eyes record haul
FROM 213cm-tall basketballer Andrew Bogut to pint-sized diver Melissa Wu, Grand Slam tournament winner Lleyton Hewitt to Tour de France hero Cadel Evans, 60-year-old showjumping debutant Laurie Lever to ...
FINDING THE DRIVE: The champion at Newport, Fabrice Santoro, who turned pro as a teenager in 1989, says he is, at 35, still as passionate about the game, if not more.
Adelaide 8C - 14C . Becoming fine early. Chris Guccione is the second Australian in the men's singles draw, after Lleyton Hewitt.
Fabrice Santoro defends Newport tennis title
Second-seeded Fabrice Santoro captured his second straight Hall of Fame Tennis Championships title Sunday, beating Prakash Amritraj 6-3, 7-5 to become the second player since 1990 to win an ATP event after ...
Venus Trumps Serena in All-Williams Wimbledon Final
In a turn-around from many of their historically dificult-to-watch head-to-heads, sisters Venus and Serena Williams put on a no-holds-barred fight in the Saturday Wimbledon final, with the elder Venus ...
Safin Feels Fearsome Force of Federer Swiss Makes Light Work of Reaching Final
Safin Feels Fearsome Force of Federer Swiss Makes Light Work of Reaching Final Scotsman, The By Stuart Bathgate PRETTY simple.
Grass is now greener at Wimbledon
Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 14:02. The tennis played by Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer in Sunday's Wimbledon final was as competitive and compelling as any I've seen.
WA star Dellacqua gets Olympic call-up
Perth's rising star Casey Dellacqua is among four debutants confirmed in Australia's Olympic tennis team.
Lleyton and Bec Hewitt expecting second child
Australian News.Net Monday 30th June, 2008 Melbourne, June 30 : Tennis star Lleyton Hewitt and wife Bec have confirmed they are expecting their second child.
Federer in Crucial Clash with Nadal at Wimbledon, Will His Reign Continue?
So you want another Roger Federer v. Rafael Nadal matchup? You got it. The two kings of tennis, Federer and Nadal meet again for the third straight time in a Wimbledon final.
Hewitt faces a surgery dilemma
IF SURGERY is needed to correct the hip injury that has troubled Lleyton Hewitt since March, it would ideally occur after the US hardcourt season and the Olympics, comfortably ahead of the Australian summer he ...
PAT Cash fears Roger Federer has become too predictable and conservative as the Swiss genius's intimidatory presence fades.
Sexism at Wimbeldon? - Tournament Accused of Mistreating Venus Williams & Female Players
The accusations surfaced after Venus Williams, Serena Williams and world No.2 Jelena Jankovic were all relocated to outside courts with limited seats.
Lleyton Hewitt named in Australian tennis team
SYDNEY: Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has been named in Australia's team for the Olympic tennis tournament in Beijing next month, Tennis Australia said on its Web site on Friday.
Wimbledon: Wonderkid Federer sinks Safin to move to finals.
Bounced ... Marat Safin drops his racquet in disgust. Photo: Getty Images ROGER Federer is within one match of a record-equalling sixth successive Wimbledon title after reaching Sunday's final with a 6-3, 7-6 , ...