After undergoing his latest knee surgery, Roger Federer says that “the worst is behind me” and that he hopes to return to the tennis court in 2022. The 20-time Grand Slam champion announced in August he would be “out many months” following… Read More ›
NEW YORK: Moments after Novak Djokovic reached the U.S. Open final on Friday and moved one step from clinching an elusive calendar Grand Slam, a group of fans in Arthur Ashe Stadium unfurled a banner with a photo of the smiling Serb…. Read More ›
40 – The age Federer is now! The Swiss is the only 40-year-old inside the Top 100 of the FedEx ATP Rankings, the elite group he has been part of — without dropping from it — since 11 October 199939 – Combined… Read More ›
For 97-year-old Leonid Stanislavskyi, a Ukrainian who has been playing amateur tennis for over half a century, it is next to impossible to find a worthy adversary in his age group. That has not stopped him from participating in the… Read More ›
A gentleman and the sport’s top ambassador, Federer, who turns the Big 4-0 on Aug. 8, has been a joy to watch. As Roger Federer and his balky knees approach 40 years old, it looks as if Novak Djokovic and… Read More ›
Across a career of more than two decades, and hundreds and hundreds of tennis matches, Roger Federer never played in one quite like this. Under the lights at the French Open for the first time in his career. With no… Read More ›
French Open – ‘I was in heaven, Roger Federer is just so graceful’ – Mats Wilander reacts to the Swiss superstar’s opening match, Read more at: https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/roland-garros/2021/french-open-i-was-in-heaven-roger-federer-is-just-so-graceful-mats-wilander-reacts-to-fed-s-opener_vid1483315/video.shtml
Federer has been gone for a while. A tournament here and there, interspersed with bad knees and a bad back. His reduced activity is no surprise to anyone who checks out his Aug. 8, 1981, birthdate. His sport is not… Read More ›