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Rafael Nadal outlasted Roger Federer 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 in an Australian Open semifinal Thursday night, the longtime rivals playing with the intensity normally displayed when meeting in a Grand Slam final.
The stars who met in eight Grand Slam finals were on the same side of the draw for the [...]

Saturday night in Switzerland, for the fifth time in his career, Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors Championship in Basel, Switzerland. After Nishikori shocked Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, Federer dispatched him easily, winning in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3 in his hometown.
It was Federer’s eighth time in the final in Basel and he made [...]

American Mardy Fish has advanced to the fourth round of the 2011 U.S. Open with a straight set win over Kevin Anderson of South Africa at Louis Armstrong Stadium.
Fish, the No. 8 seed, had his hands full with the 34th-ranked Anderson, needing over three hours and a pair of tiebreakers to win [...]

Those who are hoping to see a rematch of the French Open semifinal between No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 3 Roger Federer can breathe easy. After one round, both are still alive and neither have dropped a set.
OK, that’s not exactly what you would call a surprise, but it’s still noteworthy.
Federer hadn’t been playing [...]

No. 3 seed and three-time Grand Slam champ Maria Sharapova sustained some early damage in her 2011 U.S. Open match against Great Britain’s 19-year-old Heather Watson, but came back to take the victory and advance, 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Sharapova was responsible for a high degree of sloppy play, committing 58 unforced [...]

Despite the lack of quality Americans in the sport, men’s tennis is seeing an apex in the game not seen since the Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras duels in the 1990?s.* This season has been dominated by one man:* Novak Djokovic.* Djokovic ran off a 43 match winning streak before being knocked off [...]

The 2000s have been a great decade in sports. There have been many different records broken, and we have seen great displays of athleticism and talent.
While I and many other people will be handing out yearly and decade awards, I wanted to crown an athlete of the decade.
There where so many people to chose from, [...]

Roger Federer is once again on his way to the French Open Final after defeating Juan Martin del Potro in five sets in Friday’s second semi-final.

Federer will face Sweden’s Robin Soderling on Sunday in the French final.