Roger Federer announces retirement from professional tennis

September 15, 2022 8:19 PM

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Roger Federer announces retirement from professional tennis

Roger Federer, one of the greatest tennis player of all time, has decided to bid farewell to professional tennis after the conclusion of the Laver Cup 2022 next week. Today,in a tweet, the legendary tennis player shared a lengthy note to open up about his retirement plans. He clarified that he would play more tennis in the future, of course, but just not in Grand slams or on the tour. Playing more than 1500 matches over 24 years the Marvel of  Tennis exponent Federer said, Tennis has treated me ...

Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal to headline Australian bushfire charity match

January 8, 2020 12:46 PM

Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal to headline Australian bushfire charity match

Tennis greats Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal will headline an exhibition match ahead of the Australian Open. The exhibition match at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena will raise money for bushfire relief. Tennis Australia announced that the match is slated for January 15, the week before the first Grand Slam of the year.   Vast wildfires continue to burn across eastern Australia. 25 people have been killed since the start of the disaster in September and destroyed more than 1...

Roger Federer climbs to third in men's rankings

May 6, 2019 8:17 PM

Roger Federer climbs to third in men's rankings

Former world number one Roger Federer has returned to third in the ATP Men's rankings released today, replacing Alexander Zverev after the reigning champion was knocked out of the Munich Open at the quarter-finals stage.  Federer, who has won a record 20 Grand Slams, is making his return to clay at the Madrid Open this week after three years' absence.   Novak Djokovic remains first ahead of Rafael Nadal to mark the Serb's 250th week as world number one, a record only b...

Roger Federer lifts his 4th ATP Miami Open title

April 1, 2019 11:55 AM

Roger Federer lifts his 4th ATP Miami Open title

In tennis, Roger Federer lifted his fourth ATP Miami Open title with an emphatic 6-1, 6-4 win over defending champion John Isner last night.  The 37-year-old world number five took the first set in 24 minutes.  In his 50th Masters final, the Swiss fourth seed produced some typically sublime ground strokes and wrapped up the match in an hour and three minutes.  It is Swiss player's 28th Masters title and the 101st overall for a player who has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles.  

Roger Federer claims 100th ATP title of his career

March 3, 2019 8:10 AM

Roger Federer claims 100th ATP title of his career

Roger Federer has claimed the 100th ATP title of his career with after beating 20-year-old Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships. The 20-time grand slam champion is the second man, after American Jimmy Connors to claim 100 titles.  Swiss great Federer also avenged his shock defeat by Tsitsipas in the Australian Open fourth round in January. Tsitsipas saw the end of an eight-match winning streak as he arrived in the Gulf with the Marseille title from las...

Roger Federer wins Sportsman & Comeback of the Year awards at Laureus

February 28, 2018 3:52 PM

Roger Federer wins Sportsman & Comeback of the Year awards at Laureus

Twenty-times Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has won the 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the Year awards. The 36-year old Swiss star bagged the honour last night at the 18th edition of the awards ceremony in Monaco. Federer, who returned to the world number one ranking, had clinched the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles last year after the seven year break of winning any major. He won this year's Australian Open also. Serena Williams took home the World Spo...