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“We’ve gone from Mark Miles [former ATP CEO] doing nothing to Etienne doing too much.”
Mike Penner, sportswriter for 23 years at the Los Angeles Times, came out this week as a transsexual . via MVN - Recent Articles
“It’s pretty amazing that we’re having a better year than Federer so far”
The French Open begins in exactly a month, and inevitably, the speculation over the Holy Grail of tennis — the Grand Slam, where the same player wins all four major championships in the same calendar year — … via SI.com
Roger Federer can’t be feeling too great about his chances of finally winning the French Open this year, not after his nemesis Rafael Nadal tuned him yesterday in the Monte Carlo final.
Federer lost the match 6-4, 6-4 in suffering his fifth straight lose to Nadal on clay, this being his worst beating. He’s also lost his last five sets to the Spaniard on clay, 14 of 19 overall.
“I think I’m absolutely in the mix with him on clay, which is how I wanted to feel. You know, it’s always disappointing to lose, but I feel like I didn’t play well and still it was close. That’s a good thing.” - Roger Federer
No, Roger, it isn’t a good thing. And despite what you say, you were never in the mix with him after blowing some early break chances in the first set. And hitting more forehands into the Mediterranean then in […]
Roger Federer
MONTE-CARLO, MONACO
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. What happened to your forehand today? ROGER FEDERER: Mistakes, few too many, I guess. I’m not happy about the performance of my forehand.
Rafael Nadal once more beat world No.1 Roger Federer to win the Monte Carlos Masters today.
Tennis: Rafael Nadal continues to prove the clay court nemesis of the world’s top
player Roger Federer as he clinched victory in today’s final of the Monte Carlo
Masters
Rafael Nadal beat Roger Federer 6-4, 6-4 Sunday to win his third straight Monte Carlo Masters title and extend his winning streak on clay to 67. Nadal beat the top-ranked Federer for the fifth consecutive time on clay, four of them in finals. The second-ranked Spaniard beat Federer last year in the Monte Carlo Masters, the Rome Masters and the French Open.
World No. 1 Roger Federer hasn’t won a claycourt title since 2005, and if Rafael Nadal has his say, the Swiss will go winless again in 2007.Nadal was his bullish self and Federer appeared mentally shaken Sunday in the f
World No. 1 Roger Federer and No. 2 Rafael Nadal square off for the second consecutive year on Sunday in the best-of-three sets final of Masters Series Monte-Carlo. Last year Nadal prevailed in four sets and went on to d
Roger Federer overcame a slow start and beat Juan Carlos Ferrero 6-3, 6-4 Saturday, setting up a second straight Monte Carlo Masters final against Rafael Nadal. The top-ranked Swiss player saved two break points when trailing 3-1 in the first set, then won the next four games to take the set. Nadal advanced after beating 10th-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-0, 7-5.
