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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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Federer battle through to the fourth round of French Open

Roger Federer completed a record-breaking win at Roland Garros on Friday, reaching the fourth round for the 12th time. It bettered the record set by Guillermo Vilas, the 1977 champion, who reached the Last 16 on 11 occasions. "At the start of my career, clay was not my favourite surface," said Federer. "I got my best results in indoor courts or hard courts, so people thought at that time that I was only a fast-court player. But that's not...

Roger Federer 'Most obsessed-over' athlete online

Roger Federer is the most ‘Most Obsessed-Over’ athlete on the Web, according to a new list from TIME Magazine. The 32-year-old Swiss ranks No. 18 in the ‘ultimate online power list’. The rankings were determined by studying statistics from each living person’s Wikipedia page, including the number of words, external links, unique editors and revisions to the page. An algorithm combined the eight different factors to determine each individual’s...

Federer records 60th win at Roland Garros; Moves to third round

Roger Federer has become the first man in tennis history to record 60 or more match wins at all four Grand Slam championships. Fourth seed Federer extended his winning streak to 20 matches against qualifiers at Grand Slam championships on Wednesday when the 2009 Roland Garros champion beat Diego Sebastian Schwartzman. Federer notched his 60th match win at Roland Garros with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win against the World No. 109, who was making his...

Roger Federer eases into French Open second round

Roger Federer eased into the second round of the French Open with a 6-2 6-4 6-2 win over Lukas Lacko in Paris. With his twin daughters watching from the stands, Federer took just 84 minutes to dismantle Lacko and equal Rafael Nadal's record of winning 59 matches at Roland Garros. Federer has played in only two clay-court tournaments this season. He reached the final in Monte Carlo but missed the Madrid tournament when his second set of twins,...

Federer ready for a deep run in French Open and feels very strong

Roger Federer might have two sets of twins to look after now, but that hasn’t stopped him from training hard for Roland Garros, which begins on Sunday. In fact, the extra responsibility made him stronger and the Swiss says he is fully-charged for a deep run into the tournament. Federer's build-up to Roland Garros was disrupted when wife Mirka delivered Leo and Lenny this month, meaning he skipped the Madrid Masters. The 17-times grand...

Roger Federer's French Open 2014 Outfit

Roger Federer's Roland Garros 2014 Nike Outfit. Date: 19th May 20...

Roger Federer: Portrait of an artist

Roger Federer has been the subject of countless pictures, but a new portrait captures the Swiss in a rare and different light. “It helped me a lot, in more ways than one, to portray Roger Federer as a person - an amicable man in his early thirties, instead of the well-documented tennis god,” Zurich-based Dutch artist Pascal Möhlmann told ATPWorldTour.com. The artwork is currently up for auction, with proceeds to benefit the Roger Federer ...

Roger Federer: Birth of twins makes this time of my life

As a seven-time Wimbledon champion, not to mention a universally admired athlete, Roger Federer has seen many glorious moments. But nothing quite like this. A week after his wife Mirka gave birth to twin boys, Federer still finds himself floating on the most beatific high. “This is the best time of my life,” he explained softly in Rome on Tuesday, almost as if he could not believe the latest extraordinary chapter of his ...

Chardy saves a match point to stun Federer in Rome

World No. 47 Jeremy Chardy saved one match point as he stunned Roger Federer 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(6) in the second round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday in Rome. The fourth-seeded Federer had fought back from a 2-4 deficit in the final set to force a tie-break and held match point at 6-5 after Chardy double faulted. With Federer stranded in the mid-court, though, Chardy hit a winning forehand pass to level at 6-6 and converted his...

Federer won't change schedule, says wife and twin boys are healthy

Roger Federer's decision to return to tennis a week after the birth of his second set of twins has the full support of his wife Mirka. And don't expect his schedule to change much now that he has four kids. When the boys were born earlier than expected, Federer consulted with his wife and team about playing the Italian Open. ''And they all said I should quickly come and play here. So I was like, 'OK, if you don't want me around...

Roger Federer has 'every intention' of playing in the French Open

Even with the birth of his second set of twins on Tuesday, Roger Federer expects to play the 2014 French Open later this month. His agent Tony Godsick told Christopher Clarey of The New York Times: “Assuming that everything goes well and the kids are healthy and Mirka is doing well, he has every intention of playing Roland Garros. The question is what he plays before that, if anything. Time will tell. He is training and hasn’t missed...

Roger Federer celebrates birth of twin boys Leo and Lenny

Roger Federer is the father of twins for the second time after he announced the birth of his new sons Leo and Lenny on his official webpage. Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening! #TwinsAgain #Miracle — Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) May 6, 2014 Federer said on his webpage early today he was pulling out of the tournament ''to be with my wife Mirka during these next few exciting weeks for our...

Federer, Nadal to compete in Halle

Defending and a record six time champion Roger Federer and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal will compete at the 2014 edition of the Gerry Weber Open, to be held 9-15 June in Halle. The ATP World Tour 250 grass-court event will feature its strongest field in tournament history. “We are happy about Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, two legends of this sport,” said Tournament Director Ralf Weber. “It will be a thrilling showdown of the top two players,...