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Federer wins 10th Basel title

Roger Federer won his 10th Swiss Indoors Basel title, defeating Alex De Minaur 6-2, 6-2 to secure what the Swiss legend described as "an unbelievable" success at the home-town tournament.

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Roger suffers defeat in Dubai final

Roger was defeated in straight sets by Novak Djokovic in the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships today. "I had a tough start and a tough end but Novak played a solid tournament all the way through and deserved to win,” Roger said. “It was a tough end for me but still a great tournament." Roger faced a strong Djokovic right from the start and was clearly dominated in the first set. It looked better in set number two as he broke the Serb...

Roger reaches Dubai final

Roger has reached the final of the tournament in Dubai thanks to a 6-2, 7-5 victory over Richard Gasquet today. Roger had no problems in the first set, playing aggressively and not facing too much resistance from the Frenchman. But he fell back 3-5 in the second as Gasquet made more of a fight of the encounter. And then Roger once again did what we love him for - raise the pressure and take the lead - as he secured the last four games and...

Federer reveals his blacklist

Roger Federer loves a variety of sports, but it seems that ping pong is the only one he allows himself to play due to risk of injury. Speaking after his quarter-final win at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Federer said that skiing, soccer and squash were all on his banned list. Even the more pedestrian sport of golf is blacklisted. “To be quite honest, I do miss [skiing]. I used to do it up until a few years ago," Federer said. "Last...

Federer marches towards Dubai final

Top seed Roger Federer continued his steady progress at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships as he reached the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour 500 hard-court tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Ukrainian Sergiy Stakhovsky. The Swiss has been largely untroubled in his pursuit of a fifth title in Dubai this week and, despite dropping serve for the first time in the tournament, dispatched the No. 43-ranked Stakhovsky in...

Federer: I'm not RoboCop

Roger Federer admitted allowing his mind to wander in his comfortable 6-3, 6-4 win over Spaniard Marcel Granollers in the second round of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Wednesday night. The top seed and World No. 2 was asked during his post-match press conference whether it sometimes is hard to remain 100 percent focused when he is headed towards a routine win. “Sometimes [my concentration] wanders," Federer said. "Sometimes...

Roger reaches Dubai quarters

Roger had no difficulties against Spaniard Marcel Granollers in Dubai today, winning 6-3 6-4 with a flurry of spectacular winners to reach the quarter-finals. Roger dominated the opening set and went up early in the second before the 53rd-ranked Granollers narrowed the gap to 5-4. Our champ then hit several forehand winners and sealed the win when Granollers hit a return long. Roger's next opponent will be Sergiy Stakhovsky (ATP 43) of...

Federer cruises past Devvarman

Playing his first match since a semi-final defeat to Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open three weeks ago, World No. 2 Roger Federer breezed through his first-round match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Indian Somdev Devvarman. In his first meeting with recent Johannesburg finalist Devvarman, Federer broke serve three times from seven opportunities and saved both break points he faced to wrap...

Federer relaxed and ready for Dubai title tilt

Roger Federer, the top seed at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, is refreshed and ready ahead of his first ATP World Tour tournament since his Australian Open semi-final loss to Novak Djokovic last month. "I didn't spend much time thinking about the match against Novak," admitted Federer on Sunday. "I generally thought about the first month, how it had gone. I came out of the Australian Open feeling good mentally and physically. "There...

Ljubicic salutes Federer and Nadal

World No. 15 Ivan Ljubicic believes that while a changing of the guard in tennis will come eventually, for now Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal remain the undisputed top players in the game. In explaining their dominance, Ljubicic highlighted their absolute consistency when they step on court. “When they play, they play absolutely their best, and it’s really difficult to beat them. It makes a difference at the end of the day that they never give...

Nike 'Clash of the Champions' event

Roger, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams will be facing off in Nike's "Clash of the Champions' on March 8 at the Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon (USA). The event, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., will feature Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams playing a singles set, followed by a mixed doubles set and concluding with a men's singles set between Roger and Rafa. A portion of the proceeds from the exhibition will benefit...