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Not even the Centre Court ground staff, leaping into action with their tarpaulin as the rain began to fall for the umpteenth time, covered the venerable grass as impressively as Roger Federer.

Eleven years ago this week, Roger Federer was staking his claim as the top player in the world - " in the juniors.

Federer eases into Basel QFs Reigning three-time champion and hometown hero Roger Federer was an easy second-round winner Wednesday at the Swiss Indoors.

Basel native Roger Federer led Wednesday's winners at the men's Swiss Indoors tennis tournament at Basel, Switzerland.

November 2, 2009 The World Anti-Doping Agency has asked tennis to investigate Andre Agassi's admission that he took crystal meth in 1997.

Aaron Rodgers might be the one Packers player for whom Vikings fans have some sympathy.

Former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty Monday to driving under the influence of alcohol and apologized for what he called a mistake.

Roger Federer made a winning return from a six-week break with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Olivier Rochus of Belgium at his hometown Swiss Indoors tournament.

Frenchmen Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Gilles Simon easily won second-round matches Thursday at the Lyon Tennis Grand Prix in France.

SEEDED Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia reached the quarterfinals of the Lyon Grand Prix in Lyon, France, yesterday by beating Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 6-3, 3-6, 6-3. Ljubicic, the 2001 Lyon champion, served 27 aces and broke his opponent twice to maintain his perfect 4-0 record against Kiefer.

Top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga needed two tiebreaks to overcome American Kevin Kim 7-6 7-6 and reach the Lyon Grand Prix second round on Tuesday.

Baghdatis tops Rochus in Stockholm final October 25, 2009 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus beat Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-1, 7-5 on Sunday, winning the Stockholm Open for his third career ATP Tour singles title just a week after learning he had gained the event's main draw.

Top-seeded Robin Soderling has withdrawn from the Stockholm Open semifinals because of an elbow injury.

Olivier Rochus also reached the Stockholm semi-finals in 2005 . Belgian Olivier Rochus recorded his fourth straight victory over two-time runner-up Jarkko Nieminen 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 Friday to reach the semi-finals of the If Stockholm Open , an ATP World Tour 250 indoor hard-court tennis tournament in the Swedish capital.

Olivier Rochus rallied to defeat eighth-seeded Feliciano Lopez 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Stockholm Open.

Olivier Rochus is looking to reach his third ATP World Tour semi-final of the season.

Fifth-seeded German Andreas Beck came up a first-round loser Tuesday at the Stockholm Open.

Results Saturday from the Davis Cup World Group playoff between Belgium and Ukraine on clay at the Spiroudome : Belgium 2, Ukraine 1 Doubles Sergei Bubka and Sergey Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def.

Top seeds and defending champions Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan knocked out Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Olivier Rochus 7-5, 6-3 in 68 minutes Sunday for a place in the US Open quarter-finals.A The American twins, winners of the Australian Open in January, hit 38 winners including six aces.A They now await the winners of Czechs Leos Friedl and Jaroslav ...

The comeback kid's comeback, if you will, thudded to an end in the wee hours of Sunday morning.