Articles filed under Tennis
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Federer reaches Gerry Weber finalsJun 14, 2008 11:00 pm - HALLE, Germany -- Roger Federer reached the Gerry Weber Open final on Saturday without dropping his serve in any match after a 6-1, 6-4 win against Germany's Nicolas Kie...
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Nevolo climbs in national ranksJun 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Dennis Nevolo disappeared from the high school tennis scene the last two years. He had a good reason. He was too busy making a name for himself on the national stage. Af...
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Can Nadal snap Federer's Wimbledon streak at five?Jun 09, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- No less a tennis authority than Bjorn Borg wonders whether Roger Federer can stave off Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon. Granted, Borg has a rooting interest: He is ti...
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Nadal gives Federer no chanceJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - 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 Grand Slam matches, he w...
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Borg: Win makes Federer best everJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- Bjorn Borg has no doubt what it would mean if Roger Federer finally manages to beat Rafael Nadal in the French Open final. "He definitely will be the greatest p...
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Major victory for IvanovicJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- At last, Ana Ivanovic overcame her stage fright. In two previous major finals, Ivanovic was so overwhelmed by the setting, so shaken by the stakes, that her foc...
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History on the line in men's finalJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday: • T...
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Raw emotions rule as Ivanovic reaches finalJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- If official statistics were tallied for fist pumps and self-exhortations during Grand Slam matches, Ana Ivanovic might well have established a record while winn...
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Federer vs. Nadal in French Open final for 3rd timeJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- As the points piled up and the light faded, it was tough to decide which scenario had seemed less likely at the outset of the French Open semifinals Friday: Tha...
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Federer struggles, but makes semifinalsJun 04, 2008 11:00 pm - PARIS -- There have been times this year when Roger Federer's cloak of infallibility slid from his shoulders, when his absolute dominance against anyone but Rafael Nadal...