Roger Federer News

4 April 2008: Roger Federer beaten by Andy Roddick

Roger Federer's recent form is not reaching the giddy heights of his own very high standards.

Andy Roddick's victory over Roger Federer in the Sony Ericsson Open quarter-finals, was only Roddick's second win in 17 career meetings between the two.

25 January 2008: Roger Federer misses out on the final

Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer 7-5 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to reach the Australian Open final.

The surprise defeat meant that Federer missed out on reaching his 11th consecutive Grand Slam final, where he would have met the outsider Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

October 2007: Federer on top of the world again

Roger Federer won the Swiss Indoors and so secured the No. 1 world tennis ranking for the fourth consecutive year. The only others to equal the feat are Pete Sampras, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl.

9 September 2007: Federer wins the US Open again

Roger Federer became the first man to win four consecutive Wimbledons and US Opens when he beat Novak Djokovic 7-6 7-6 6-4.

It was Federer's 12th grand slam.

8 July 2007: Federer wins fifth straight Wimbledon

Roger Federer followed in the footsteps of Bjorn Borg by winning five consecutive Wimbledon titles.

Rafael Nadal made it difficult for Federer in a top-quality Wimbledon final, which Federer eventually won 7-6 4-6 7-6 2-6 6-2.

3 June 2007: Federer equals straight sets streak

Roger Federer continues to notch up records.

Roger Federer's 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 6-4 victory today over Mikhail Youzhny meant that he has now equalled John McEnroe's record streak of 11 consecutive straight-sets victories in Grand Slams.

12 May 2007: Roger Federer and Tony Roche part company

Following Roger Federer's surprise loss to Filippo Volandri at the Rome Masters, the tennis ace has split from coach Tony Roche.

Roger Federer's official website stated:

"I thank Tony very much for his efforts over these last years, during which I appreciated the 12-15 weeks per season we would work together. I am also grateful for the sacrifice he made, traveling so far from his home in Australia and leaving his family."

12 March 2007: Roger Federer's unbeaten run over

Roger Federer's 41-match unbeaten run has ended with his straight sets defeat in the second round of the Indian Wells Masters to Guillermo Canas.

Federer lost 7-5 6-2 having previously been unbeaten since August 2006, when he lost to Andy Murray.

It means that the record for consecutive wins still stands with Guillermo Vilas, who notched up 46 consecutive victories.

19 February 2007: Federer still on top of the world

Roger Federer has equalled Jimmy Connors' record as the longest reigning number one after 160 consecutive weeks in the top spot.

28 January 2007: Federer win the Australian Open

Roger Federer beat Fernando Gonzalez 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 6-4 in the final of the Australian Open.

It was Federer's third Australian Open and tenth Grand Slam title.

It was the first straight sets Grand Slam men's singles final since Bjorn Borg won the 1980 French Open.

19 November 2006: Roger Federer ends season on a high

Roger Federer beat James Blake 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 to win his third Tennis Masters Cup in the past four years.

It was Federer's 12th title from 17 tournaments this season.

His prize money for the season reached around $8.25 million - another record

The only players to beat Roger Federer in 2006 were Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray.

12 September 2006: Federer's win at the US Open keeps the statisticians busy

It was the second time Roger Federer has won three Grand Slam titles in the same season;
It was his ninth Grand Slam title to date;
It was Federer's sixth consecutive Grand Slam final;
It was Roger Federer's third consecutive US Open title;
Federer has ranked Number One for 137 consecutive weeks

16 August 2006: Andy Murray breaks Federer's great run

When the young Scot Andy Murray beat Roger Federer 7-5 6-4 in the Cincinnati Masters he put paid to a number of records or record-breaking chances.

Previously Roger Federer had won 55 straight matches in North America. Federer had not lost in straight sets for 194 matches - in May 2004 when he was defeated by Gustavo Kuerten in straight sets.

Roger Federer was one short of Ivan Lendl's record number of successive finals - Murray's victory kept the Swiss star to 17.

9 July 2006: Federer takes 4th consecutive Wimbledon

Roger Federer beat Rafael Nadal 6-0 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (2-7) 6-3 to gain his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title. It was Federer's eighth Grand Slam title and it was his 48th consecutive victory on grass.

Up until the final with Nadal, Federer had yet to drop a set through the whole of Wimbledon and had served only four double-faults.

27 June 2006: Federer breaks another record

Roger Federer's first round victory over Richard Gasquet at Wimbledon set a new record of 42 consecutive grasscourt wins.

Recently Nadal had been record breaking on the clay, but this time it was Roger Federer's turn to hit the headlines winning 6-3 6-2 6-2.

16 April 2005: Federer's winning streak ends

In a topsy-turvy game 18-year-old French qualifier Richard Gasquet gave away 2 match points, and saved 3 match points before finally beating Roger Federer at the Monte Carlo Masters.

The match ended Roger Federer's 25-match winning streak.

4 April 2005: Federer wins again

Don't get me wrong, I like Roger Federer, but it's getting a bit tiresome to keep repeating the news: "Roger Federer has won a tournament".

This time victory came in Miami in the final against Rafael Nadal winning the Nasdaq-100 Open in the fifth set 2-6 6-7 7-6 6-3 6-1.

At one stage Nadal was two sets and 4-1 up, and he looked set to add another victory to his 1-0 record against Federer, but Federer fought back to eventually take victory with Nadal tiring in the final set.

After the semi-final, Andre Agassi had said about Federer:

"He's playing levels above everybody else ...He's proved that for a while now - 47-1 since the US Open. It's crazy."

21 March 2005: Federer on a roll

It was a difficult weekend for the cream of sport. The normally reliable, Michael Schumacher looks in for a difficult season; and none of Woods, Els, or Singh were able to win at Bay Hill.

It was left to Roger Federer to keep winning, which he did with ease beating world number two Lleyton Hewitt in the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells on Sunday.

Although he had not lost a set before the final there were some signs before the final that Federer might have trouble. Federer was upset about the pressures of television scheduling meaning that competitors had to play a semi-final and best-of-five final with only 16 hours of rest in between.

And after the game, Federer revealed, "The pressure is off and I'm relieved. I didn't sleep that well overnight because Lleyton was coming up. But once everything's over, it's a huge relief."

It doesn't bode well for Federer's challengers if he can come through to win in straight sets in such circumstances. Maybe rather than practicing they should be praying for a swift bit of global warming.

Federer, who warmed up for the final by practising with his girlfriend, Mirka Vavrinec, will be hoping that the weather in Miami will not be too fine, as last year he was inconvenienced by sunstroke and lost to 32nd seed Nadal 6-3 6-3 and failed to get into the last sixteen.

28 February 2005: Federer in repeat performance

It is quite possible that if Roger Federer didn't exist Ivan Ljubicic would now have won two tennis titles in a row, instead he has been the losing finalist in successive weeks.

This time, at the Dubai Championship trophy, it was a very different final from Rotterdam (see below). Federer came straight out of the blocks. Whereas last week he started badly but held his nerve to win, at Dubai Roger Federer was at one stage leading 6-1 3-1 0-30 (on Ljubicic's serve); eventually winning 6-1 6-7 (6-8) 6-3.

20 February 2005: Federer back to winning ways

It was tough, but Roger Federer came through to win the World Indoor Tournament in Rotterdam, beating Ivan Ljubicic 5-7 7-5 7-6.

Roger Federer has an extraordinary mental attitude. In an interview with the Sunday Times this morning, he said of his defeat by Marat Safin:

"...the more success you have the easier it is to deal with defeat. I didn't think too much about it even the next day. I woke up, the sun was shining. Sure, my foot was hurting, but there was nothing to worry about. I hadn't been robbed or attacked. Everyone I cared for was fine. It was not a question of blocking out the defeat, I just accepted having to live with the fact and, really, that's not too difficult."

Federer's Run Comes to an End

Marat Safat stopped Roger Federer's great run of victories by defeating the Swiss ace in a nail-biting five-set semi-final at the Australian Open.

Safin went on to take the title.

Federer in Qatar 2005

Roger Federer kicked off 2005, just where he left off in 2004. His victory in the final of the Qatar Open made it 14 straight victories in tennis finals.

Federer's 6-3 6-1 trouncing of Ivan Ljubicic was his 21st victory in a row. His last defeat coming in the Athens Olympics.

The next major test is the Australian Open. After his Qatar victory, Federer said:

"I am sure this win will give me great confidence going into the Australian Open."

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