Roger Federer
Switzerland's Roger Federer gestures during a training session on the eve of the start of the French Tennis Open tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, on May 25, 2013.
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Nadal to play at Federer's hometown Swiss Indoors
-- Rafael Nadal is scheduled to play at Roger Federer's hometown tournament for the first time in nine years.Organizers of the Swiss Indoors announced their star attractions for the Oct. 19-27 event in Basel. The field is headed by five-time champion Federer, Read more »
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Federer advances to 2nd round in Dubai
-- Roger Federer rallied past Tunisian wild card Malek Jaziri 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 Tuesday to reach the second round of the Dubai Championships.The second-ranked Federer is looking for his sixth title in Dubai. He next faces Albert Montanes or Marcel Granollers.Federer Read more »
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FRENCH OPEN: Serena Williams tries to reach finals for first time since 2002 at French Open
Day 1 of the 2013 French Open also features Williams’ older sister, 30th-seeded Venus, and 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer — she will do so with a different understanding of what went wrong 12 months ago, and even a bit of appreciation for the disappointing 7:19 PM from The Register Citizen Read more »
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Roger Federer Will Have Little Problem Reaching Finals at French Open
appears that Roger Federer received quite a favorable draw heading into the French Open, and that should help him quite a bit when it comes to reaching the finals of this Grand Slam event. As the No. 3 player in the world, Federer’s draw for the 2013 French 5:29 PM from Bleacher Report Read more »
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Serena, Federer highlight first day at French Open
France – Former champions Serena Williams and Roger Federer will highlight Sunday's first day of play at the 2013 French Open. The only Grand Slam event that begins on a Sunday will feature 16 first-round matches in both the men's and women's draw. Williams, 4:37 PM from FOX News Read more »
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Federer Faces Carreno-Busta On Opening Day At French Open; Williams Sisters Also Headline
greats Roger Federer and Serena Williams open play Sunday in first round action at the French Open. The season’s second major is also the only one that starts on the Sunday, and this opening day schedule is chock full of goodness. Joining Federer and Serena 4:13 PM from Tennis-X.com Read more »
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Roger Federer Joins Twitter, Gets Instantly Trolled
you are active on Twitter, you have to have thick skin. Roger Federer quickly found that out today when he became one of the last humans to register a Twitter account. Following his first tweet, he was trolled within seconds. I’m not even sure what that means 3:40 PM from EveryJoe Read more »