Roger Federer

Wimbledon Tennis: In Final, Roger Federer Has No Chance

Matthew DeBord | Posted 08.05.2009 | Entertainment


Matthew DeBord

Fed is playing very, very well on the vaunted grass courts of England. Roddick doesn't have the game to break Fed's serve even once of twice. So he should push for the breakers and roll the dice.

Wimbledon Final 2009: Federer Versus Roddick

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 08.03.2009 | World


WIMBLEDON, England — Rising, rising, rising, high above the most famous patch of grass in tennis, Roger Federer channeled Pete Sampras on match ...

Wimbledon Tennis: Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim Updates the Greatest Sports Book Ever Written

Matthew DeBord | Posted 08.01.2009 | Entertainment


Matthew DeBord

You wouldn't think it could be done, taking John McPhee's 1969 book Levels of the Game and using it to make something equally compelling. But Wertheim has, and that's his personal triumph.

Tennis, Anyone? The Game's Fashion Winners And Losers (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

Huffington Post | Hilary Moss | Posted 08.01.2009 | Style


Wimbledon is well underway and with it the crowd has seen a new set of on-the-court style. Roger Federer showed up to his match in a three-piece white...

Obama: The Roger Federer of Politics

Scott Malcomson | Posted 07.10.2009 | World


Scott Malcomson

Each man raises the level of play with a cool focus and economy of gesture that make most other players look crude.

ROGER FEDERER: After Winning The French, He Turns To Wimbledon

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 07.09.2009 | Home


PARIS — To Roger Federer, what's important is not only that he finally won the French Open. It's how he did it....

FRENCH OPEN INTRUDER: 10 Seconds Of Mayhem On The Court

nytimes.com | CHRISTOPHER CLAREY | Posted 07.09.2009 | Home


The on-court intrusion Sunday in the French Open men's final might have been scary for Roger Federer, but it was not without precedent during a Grand ...

Federer Accosted At French Open (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 07.08.2009 | Home


Midway through Roger Federer's championship match at the French Open on Sunday, a most bizarre event occurred: a spectator waving a flag climbed throu...

Federer 1 Win From Tying Sampras' Grand Slam Mark

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 07.06.2009 | Home


PARIS — Fresh off a ragged, rugged, five-set French Open semifinal victory Friday, Roger Federer was leaving for the night when a dozen or so fa...

Federer Marries Mirka Vavrinec

AP | Posted 05.12.2009 | Entertainment


BASEL, Switzerland — Roger Federer married longtime girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec on Saturday in a small ceremony in his hometown. The second-ranke...

Roger Federer's Girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec Is Pregnant

AP | Posted 04.12.2009 | Media


BASEL, Switzerland — Roger Federer is going to be a father. The Swiss tennis star said in a message on his Web site Thursday that girlfriend Mi...

2009 Australian Open: Nadal Beats Federer In Final

AP | JOHN PYE | Posted 03.04.2009 | World


MELBOURNE, Australia — Roger Federer had nowhere to hide. Rod Laver was about to present the cup to Australian Open champion Rafael Nadal. Fede...

Australian Open Final: Nadal To Face Federer

AP | JOHN PYE | Posted 03.02.2009 | Home


MELBOURNE, Australia — After five arduous hours, Rafael Nadal couldn't hold back the tears when he pulled within a point of making the Australia...

Barack Obama is the Roger Federer of the Press Conference

Brian Ross | Posted 01.15.2009 | Media


Brian Ross

The media may find Obama dryer than Clinton, but if he is anything, the President-Elect is the consummate craftsman of his message.

Federer Wins US Open For 5th Time In A Row

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 10.09.2008 | Home


NEW YORK — The handwritten letters and the e-mails, the care packages and _ get this _ the instructional DVDs began reaching Roger Federer early...

Blake Beats Federer, Serena and Venus Lose in Beijing

AP | STEVEN WINE | Posted 09.14.2008 | Home


BEIJING — Roger Federer's bid for his first Olympic singles medal has ended with a loss to American James Blake. With the sort of lackluster per...

Nadal, Federer, Serena, Venus All Win At Olympics

AP | STEVEN WINE | Posted 09.11.2008 | Home


BEIJING — Rafael Nadal took the court at 10:30 a.m. and hit his final shot more than 11 hours later. Roger Federer's first day of Olympic tennis...

Learning From Rafael Nadal's Wimbledon Win

Ariane de Bonvoisin | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment


Ariane de Bonvoisin

Remember, just like this Wimbledon final shows us, something can change at any moment ... don't be so convinced that you know how something in your life is going to work out!!

Nadal Wins Wimbledon, Dethrones Federer

New York Times | Christopher Clarey | Posted 07.14.2008 | Home


No man had beaten Roger Federer at Wimbledon since 2002. But in near darkness, one of the greatest tennis matches ever played concluded Sunday with Ro...

Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal Reach Wimbledon Final

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 07.12.2008 | Home


WIMBLEDON, England — Add up all of Roger Federer's greatness on grass courts, and the numbers are striking: 40 wins in a row at Wimbledon, 65 ov...

Wimbledon: Federer, Safin Reach Semifinals

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home


WIMBLEDON, England — Lest anyone forget that Roger Federer has, indeed, lost at Wimbledon, the BBC filled time during a rain delay Wednesday by ...

Wimbledon 2008: Poll, Players, Info

Brigitte Bradford | Posted 06.30.2008 | Home


check back for updates As Wimbledon approaches tennis fans may be asking themselves what surprises the 2008 tournament has in stall and this year's c...

Nadal Wins 4th Straight French Open, Crushes Federer

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 06.16.2008 | Home


PARIS — Early in the second set of the French Open final, not quite halfway into what would wind up as Roger Federer's worst loss in 173 career ...

Sean Avery, New York Rangers Star, To Intern At Vogue

Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Media


Anna Wintour's obsession with athletes continues. The Vogue editor who has taken a liking to Roger Federer and featured LeBron James on her cover has...