Articles filed under Tennis
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Venus looking for 5th titleJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - WIMBLEDON, England -- Venus Williams is already thinking about how a fifth Wimbledon title might change her. She thinks it might even be more emotional than her first. "...
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Serve up this debate: Can anyone beat Federer?Jun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - WIMBLEDON, England -- Bjorn Borg and Novak Djokovic say Roger Federer's reign at Wimbledon is in jeopardy. Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal say Federer remains the man to b...
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Federer gets a tough draw at WimbledonJun 20, 2008 11:00 pm - WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer may not want to look too far ahead in the Wimbledon draw. Waiting in the semifinals could be the dangerous Novak Djokovic. Even the f...
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Djokovic drawn into Federer's half for WimbledonJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - WIMBLEDON, England -- Roger Federer could face No. 3-ranked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals en route to a bid for a sixth straight Wimbledon title. Djokovic, the Austra...
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Top-seeded Stepanek pulls out of Nottingham with rib injuryJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - NOTTINGHAM, England -- Top-seeded Radek Stepanek pulled out of the Nottingham Open on Wednesday with a rib injury and said he may not be fit to play in next week's Wimbl...
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Nadal wins 1st grass-court titleJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - LONDON -- Rafael Nadal claimed his first career grass-court title Sunday, defeating Novak Djokovic 7-6 (5), 7-5 in the Queen's Club final to become the first Spaniard to...
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Federer wins Halle for 55th titleJun 15, 2008 11:00 pm - HALLE, Germany -- Roger Federer just wanted to survive a couple of rounds at the Gerry Weber Open after his painful French Open loss to Rafael Nadal. The top-ranked Swis...
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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...