Tag Archives: Roger Federer

[ad_1] PARIS: Tennis legend Novak Djokovic is a week away from another milestone after equalling Steffi Graf‘s all-time record for most weeks spent at number one of 377.The 35-year-old Serbian remains top of the latest ATP rankings released on Monday bringing him level with the amount of weeks that Graf …

[ad_1] PUNE: Roger Federer was such an inspiration around the world that no one ever wanted him to leave the game and the ATP Tour will not feel the same without the iconic Swiss tennis player, world number 17 Marin Cilic said on Monday.Federer bid a tearful adieu to the …

[ad_1] PUNE: A career-threatening hip injury and the long road to return to action has not dimmed the fire in the belly for Sumit Nagal.Nagal, who has slipped in the rankings to 501 now, still retains the desire to be the best singles player the country has produced in recent …

[ad_1] CNN  —  An athlete, former jockey AP McCoy said earlier this year, is the only person who dies twice, such is the pain of walking away from the intoxicating, all-consuming nature of professional sport. McCoy retired from his long, decorated racing career in 2015, and since then has had …

[ad_1] After the furore of 2022, Oz Open boss Tiley is looking forward to welcoming NovakA year ago, Craig Tiley was caught in the war of elements. Novak Djokovic was deported, sending the pandemic-savaged opening Grand Slam of the season into a tailspin. Tennis was in a tizzy.Sport came to …

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Tennis legend Roger Federer shared a surprising anecdote, during a chat show, when he was stopped at the Wimbledon gate and subsequently denied entry to the club since he was not carrying a membership card of the All England Club. The eight-time Wimbledon champion Federer, the most …

[ad_1] PARIS: Alexander Zverev on Thursday returned to tennis for the first time since tearing ankle ligaments in his French Open semi-final defeat to Rafael Nadal in June. The 25-year-old German appeared in the Diriyah Tennis Cup exhibition tournament in Saudi Arabia where he defeated Austria’s Dominic Thiem in two …

[ad_1] CNN  —  Rafael Nadal admitted that “a part of his life left” with Roger Federer when his great rival retired from tennis – with both players left an emotional wreck on court after the Swiss played his last ever competitive match in September at the Laver Cup. The two, …

[ad_1] Rafael Nadal admitted that “a part of his life left” with Roger Federer when his great rival retired from tennis — with both players left an emotional wreck on court after the Swiss played his last ever competitive match in September at the Laver Cup. The two, who between …