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• Katie Swan shrugs off concerns regarding Emma Raducanu

  20-09-2022 23:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  British tennis player Katie Swan thinks there is absolutely no need to be concerned about Emma Raducanu and her future.Raducanu, 19, has been struggling with her game since her stunning US Open triumph. But Swan underlines that Raducanu is still very young and just getting experienced. “Obviously, that’s a difficult result for her, but I don’t think there’s any need to worry about her. She’s going to be fine. She had an unbelievable result last year, but s
  
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• 'Roger Federer has practiced in such a way that...', says expert

  20-09-2022 23:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  Tennis loses another of its stars. After the retirement of one of the best tennis players in history, Serena Williams, the time has also come for men's tennis: Roger Federer has said goodbye to the world of tennis. In a social post, the Swiss explained that his physical condition did not support him enough to resume his professional career, that he saw his last match at Wimbledon 2021, with his defeat against Hubert Hurkacz. A career plagued by numerous records: from the number of victories obta
  
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• Linda Fruhvirtova wins maiden WTA title hoping to continue her road to success

  20-09-2022 22:40 via tennisworldusa.org
       "(I have) nothing but love for Chennai," this smiling 17-year-old Czech player proclaimed afte taking out her veteran Polish opponent Magda Linette. The baking India heat didn't cause Linda Fruhvirtova to wilt or compromise her skills as she went for it to defeat her surprised opponent in the three-set suspenseful title match. Something told Linda that this would be the tournament that could make or break her and she decided being agressive was the answer.   &n
  
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• Serena Williams: "I never said the word retreat!" What can happen now

  20-09-2022 22:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  Serena Williams announced her retirement from tennis in August. The US tennis star said goodbye after being eliminated in the third round of the 2022 US Open after losing the match to Ajla Tomljanović.Now Serena has sensationally reshuffled the cards, with a statement that she leaves more than one door open to a possible come back.During NBC's Jimmy Fallon Night Show, she said: "I've never said the word retreat, a door to return is always open. I talked to Tom Brady about his story, you nev
  
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• Carlos Alcaraz speaks on how it felt playing as world No. 1

  20-09-2022 22:20 via tennisworldusa.org
  Carlos Alcaraz suggested he didn't feel any added pressure in his first matches as the world No. 1. After winning the US Open, Alcaraz hopped on a plane and went straight from New York to Valencia. On Sunday, Alcaraz defeated South Korean Sonwoo Kwon 6-4 7-6 (1) to help Spain advance to the Davis Cup Finals knockout stage. After the match, Alcaraz was asked whether there was any added pressure since he was playing as the top-ranked player in the world. “I would tell you
  
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• Rafael Nadal hails Spain's basketball team for winning European gold

  20-09-2022 22:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  Rafael Nadal congratulated Spain's national basketball team for becoming European Champions following their victory against France in the final.To praise Spain, Nadal posted a photo with the team accompanied by a graphic text reading "Campeones de Europa" on social media.Nadal captioned the photo with multiple "clapping" emojis.     View this post on Instagram           A post shared by Rafa Nadal (@rafaelnadal)Spain
  
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• Sister prodigies with 38-3 record to replace Serena and Venus Williams gap

  20-09-2022 21:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Call it changing of the guards or a simple coincidence, but a new pair of sisters are rapidly rising in the rankings and may become the ones to replace Serena and Venus Williams.They're called Brenda and Linda. Their last name? Fruhvirtova.The older sister is Linda, 17 years old, while the younger one is Brenda, 15 years old. Venus is 2 years older than Serena. Nationality-wise, both Brenda and Linda are from the Czech Republic.Social media tennis content creator Bastien Fachan observed the
  
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• WTA Tokyo: Daria Saville comforted by Naomi Osaka's beautiful hug

  20-09-2022 21:30 via tennisworldusa.org
  Only one game lasted the match between Naomi Osaka and Daria Saville. The latter, after having placed her leg badly on a forehand in mid-court, felt pain in her knee, remaining on the ground without the possibility of moving from there.After the help of doctors and the Japanese tennis player herself, who tried to help her opponent, the Russian-Australian tennis player was forced to retire.The hug her with Osaka and hope for the injuryTherefore, Daria Saville could do nothing but retire.Naomi Osa
  
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• Emma Raducanu's newest coach reveals his first impression of British tennis star

  20-09-2022 21:20 via tennisworldusa.org
  Coach Dmitry Tursunov finds Emma Raducanu as a "great and smart person" who has no problems with putting up the hard work on the practice court and in the gym. Tursunov, a former top-20 player, has been with Raducanu since the North American hard court swing. "I really like her. She's a great person, she's smart, she works hard," Tursunov said of Raducanu during his appearance on the Tennis Legend Podcast, per Sportskeeda. "We all have our own things, every player has their own quirks
  
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• Andrea Lee, first success on the LPGA Tour

  20-09-2022 21:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  Andrea Lee won with a total of 269 (72 64 67 66, -19) strokes the AmazingCre Portland Classic, an LPGA Tour tournament that took place at the Columbia Edgewater Country Club (par 72), in Portland, Oregon . The American won by measure in front of the Ecuadorian Daniela Darquea, second with 270 (-18), and a quintet formed by the Korean Na Rin An, the German Esther Henseleit, the Australian Hannah Green, the Japanese Ayaka Furue and the American Lilia Vu, all third with 271 (-17). Giulia Molinaro a
  
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• BREAKING: Roger Federer reveals his plans for Laver Cup

  20-09-2022 20:53 via tennisworldusa.org
  Roger Federer has just told Swiss media he plans to play doubles at the Laver Cup on Friday and that will be his final appearance as a pro tennis player.Roger Federer told the Swiss Press, that his goal is to play Doubles on Friday on an «acceptable level». He won't play Singles. Friday will be his final match as a professional. #Federer #LaverCup https://t.co/tqCfmLZDFR— Simon Häring (@_shaering) September 20, 2022Last Thursday, Federer revealed his intention to reti
  
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• Roger Federer risks losing Wimbledon record

  20-09-2022 20:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Roger Federer has been the big star of the last 20 years of tennis. The most beloved tennis player, the most celebrated, who only a few days ago decided to say goodbye to the game. The Swiss, author of several career records and a twenty-time Grand Slam event winner, also announced somewhat surprisingly that he will retire in a few days.His last challenge on the tennis courts will be the Laver Cup which will feature some of the greatest tennis players in the world. Through his social networks Ro
  
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• Djokovic: "Nice being in a team with Federer, Nadal and Murray"

  20-09-2022 20:32 via tennisworldusa.org
  Novak Djokovic has arrived in London. After the first photos and videos of Roger Federer and Stefanos Tsitsipas, the Serbian tennis player is also in the English capital to prepare for the Laver Cup, a double-faced tournament: for the first time, the Fab Four all together in the same team; for the last time, the Swiss champion will play a professional tennis match.Novak Djokovic explained his feelingsLanded in London, the former number one released a brief statement on the atmosphere around this
  
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• 'Carlos Alcaraz was already doing backhand slice', says top coach

  20-09-2022 20:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  Carlos Alcaraz won his first Grand Slam at the age of 19, at the US Open 2022. The 3-1 win over Caper Ruud marks a new record: this season, however, the young Spaniard has been the protagonist with six records broken. It starts from the ATP 500, on February 20, in Rio. The 6-4 and 6-2 victory over Argentine Diego Schwartzman makes Carlos Alcaraz the youngest winner of the Brazilian tournament. Less than two months pass. It was on April 3 when, in Miami, in the final with Casper Ruud, the Murcian
  
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• 'Roger Federer would never go off out loud in...', says ATP ace

  20-09-2022 19:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Nick Kyrgios paid tribute to Roger Federer as he feels there will never be another Federer. The 27-year-old Kyrgios has faced Federer seven times. Kyrgios only managed one victory over Federer, but they had several exciting fights in which the Australian narrowly missed out on beating the Swiss. On Thursday, Federer announced that he is retiring from tennis after the Laver Cup. Unfortunately, Kyrgios will miss the Laver Cup for the first time in his career. "No one will play the game like you. A
  
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• Luke Donald, annoying triple bogey in Rome

  20-09-2022 19:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  Even when you have the track record and experience of former world number 1 Luke Donald, it is still possible to get caught up in one of the most obvious rules of the game of golf. The one that consists of identifying your ball and thus avoiding being penalized stupidly.On the par 4 hole number 16 Friday of the 2nd round of the Italian Open, Luke Donald sent his face-off in the rough, where one of the course commissioners present on the route of the future Ryder Cup believed to find her.When the
  
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• Hana Bank Open: Top seeds Jelena Ostapenko, Ekaterina Alexandrova book R16 spots

  20-09-2022 18:43 via tennisworldusa.org
  Jelena Ostapenko, seeded no. 1 advanced to the second round of the Hana Bank Open in Seoul, South Korea on Tuesday. The Latvian defeated Korean wild card Boyoung Jeong 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(2) in two hours and 13 minutes. The match had 15 breaks of serve, eight of which came on Ostapenko’s serve and seven, which came on Jeong's serve. Ostapenko finished the match with 106 points to Jeong's 99. Hana Bank Open: Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva makes her markIn the second round, Ostapenko will p
  
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• 'Roger Federer's offensive forehand was...', says former ATP ace

  20-09-2022 18:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  For international tennis, Thursday the 15th and Friday the 16th of September were two days devoted almost exclusively to paying tribute to the Swiss champion Roger Federer. The reason is already known to the whole world: the now 41-year-old native of Basel has decided to say goodbye definitively to the sport that has made him famous since the early 2000s, allowing himself only one last dance at the Laver Cup in London. , the event that he created himself and that is scheduled for next weekend. T
  
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• Roger Federer has weakness for “birthday boys”, stat shows

  20-09-2022 18:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  A curious stat popping out on Twitter reveals that Roger Federer has a weakness for players who celebrated their birthdays on the same day they face him on the court.Tennis social media creator Bastien Fachan identified the stat and shared it on Twitter.“The most curious Federer stat you've never heard: In 2005, Federer went 24-2 in Grand Slams - 0-2 against birthday boys, 24-0 against everyone else. January 27, 2005 - Safin turns 25, defeats Federer in the AO semis; June 3, 2005 - Nadal t
  
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• Toray Pan Pacific Open: Naomi Osaka moves into pre-quarters; Sofia Kenin's run ends

  20-09-2022 18:08 via tennisworldusa.org
  Former world no. 1 Naomi Osaka who won the last edition of the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Japan in 2019 before the event went on a two-year hiatus, advanced to the second round of the 2022 edition of the event on Tuesday. Daria Saville who was Osaka's opponent suffered an injury to her ankle and found unable to continue despite receiving medical assistance. At that time one one game had been played in the proceedings. Later, Osaka shared a message to Saville through a video. She said, &ldquo
  
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• Luthi: "Roger Federer will do anything to play one last time"

  20-09-2022 17:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Severin Luthi said Roger Federer will do everything possible to take the court one last time.He explained: "We haven't decided anything about the Laver Cup yet. I followed Roger Federer's training last week and we will be back on the pitch in a few days. We are working so that Roger can play. It is not yet clear if he will do the singular or the double, we will establish it later. Federer wants to be with his teammates and try to play. He doesn't want to put himself above the Laver Cup, but I th
  
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• 'Had Roger Federer beaten Novak Djokovic in Wimbledon final..' Ivan Ljubicic says

  20-09-2022 17:15 via tennisworldusa.org
  Roger Federer will retire at the Laver Cup this weekend, ending his glorious career after failing to recover from a long-time knee injury. Roger has been struggling for almost three years, undergoing three surgeries and failing to compete injury-free. We recently found out that Federer did not feel well even at Wimbledon 2019, despite reaching his 31st and last Major final. Roger had a massive chance to claim the 21st Major title, outplaying Novak Djokovic and having two match points on serve in
  
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• 'Roger Federer's serve was not the most powerful but...', says former star

  20-09-2022 17:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  "To my tennis family and beyond. Of all the gifts that tennis has given me over the years, the greatest is undoubtedly meeting the people along the way: my friends, my rivals and especially the fans. I want to share some news with you. As everyone knows, the last three years have been challenging for me in the form of injuries. I tried hard to get back, but my body sent me clear messages. Tennis has treated me better than I ever dreamed of, but I have to admit that the time has come to end my pr
  
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• Barilla switch to making pasta with tennis rackets to honor Roger Federer

  20-09-2022 16:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Pasta brand Barilla, long-time sponsors of Roger Federer, released a new ad showing different people Federer has worked with (for past commercials) cooking pasta using tennis rackets. Among them are Coco Gauff, Federer’s “pinky promise” Zizou, chef Davide Oldani, rooftop tennis players Carola and Vittoria, and world skiing champion Mikaela Shiffrin.Besides them, one of the largest shareholders of the Barilla Group, Luca Barilla, also appears in the ad.    Vi
  
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• Rome, Robert MacIntyre surprised everyone

  20-09-2022 16:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  The British you don't expect will take home the 2022 Italian Golf Open. Scottish Robert MacIntyre, previously number 110 in the world, wins at Marco Simone after a play-off hole with England’s Matt Fitzpatrick, one of the favorites. The Italian one is his second career victory on the European tour even if the previous one, the Aphrodite Hills Cyprus Showdown 2020, was little more than a show in full lockdown.MacIntyre, Orban's 26-year-old left-handed player, starts as if there were no tomo
  
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• Toni Nadal reveals one classy Roger Federer gesture toward Rafael Nadal

  20-09-2022 15:20 via tennisworldusa.org
  Toni Nadal reveals Team Rafael Nadal was grateful to Roger Federer for keeping it very respectful after dismantling the Spaniard at the 2011 ATP Finals. In the 2008 French Open final, Nadal crushed Federer with a 6-1 6-3 6-0 score. At the time, it was Federer's third consecutive French Open final loss - with the losses in 2006 and 2007 also coming against Nadal.After crushing Federer in the 2008 French Open final, Nadal decided to keep it respectful toward Federer.“The only Rolan
  
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• 'I think Roger Federer would be missed', says ATP ace

  20-09-2022 14:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  The last member of the Fab Four also wanted to pay tribute to Roger Federer. The Swiss champion said goodbye to tennis on an afternoon in mid-September, one week away from what will be the last tournament he will play: the Laver Cup. An event that will go beyond mere competition: it will not only be the scene of Federer's last match, but it will also be the first opportunity to see all the Fab Four together in the Europe team. After the tributes of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray ha
  
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• Stan Wawrinka: "Forever grateful to Roger Federer"

  20-09-2022 14:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, two rivals and two teammates. Both of Swiss flag, the two players have been the protagonists of great battles on the tennis courts, with a clear winner: Federer has won 23 of the 26 head-to-head matches.Only three times Wawrinka has managed to impose himself on his compatriot: twice on the fields of Monte Carlo, once at Roland Garros. In the case of the Monegasque city, the second victory succumbs to the first, since it was the final of the Masters 1000, won by t
  
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• Roger Federer trains in London for the Laver Cup

  20-09-2022 14:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  Time has come: Roger Federer walked the O2 Arena London courts for the first time in the company of Stefanos Tsitsipas. Then the training sessions of the Swiss phenomenon begin in view of the Laver Cup, an event that will sanction the farewell from tennis played after an extraordinary career.In the next few hours, Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Andy Murray, the trio of wonders that will complete, together with Casper Ruud and the 'reserve' Matteo Berrettini,the European Dream Team should land in
  
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• Carlos Alcaraz matches Rafael Nadal's coach

  20-09-2022 14:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  Carlos Alcaraz claimed the first Major title at the US Open and became the first teenager on the ATP throne. The youngest world no. 1 is spending his second week at the top, passing Patrick Rafter and joining Carlos Moya on two weeks as world no. 1. Carlos is in the driving position to keep the ATP throne until the end of the season, building a nice lead over his rivals and defending only 270 points from 2021! Alcaraz will almost certainly add four more weeks as world no. 1 and match Yevgeny Kaf
  
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• Osaka ends four-match losing run in Tokyo

  20-09-2022 13:32 via skysports.com
  
  Naomi Osaka ended a four-match losing run in unfortunate fashion in Tokyo when opponent Daria Saville retired injured in only the second game of the match.
  
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• Roger Federer’s “pinky promise” Zizou reacts on retirement: “My heart is heavy”

  20-09-2022 13:20 via tennisworldusa.org
  Izyan Ahmad, also known as Zizou, a young tennis player that challenged Federer to a match half a decade ago, and got his wish granted this year, reacted to Roger’s retirement announcement in a Barilla ad.“My heart is heavy. But I wanted to thank you for keeping your pinky promise and play with me. Thank you for being the GOAT on and off the court,” Zizou says in the ad.Pasta brand Barilla, long-time sponsors of Roger Federer, released a new ad showing different people Federer
  
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• 'Roger Federer was an amazing competitor', says ATP star

  20-09-2022 12:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Carlos Alcaraz has not only become the youngest number one in the history of tennis. At 19 years and four months he has also managed to enter the Top 10 of the earliest players to succeed in a Grand Slam, joining an extraordinary group, but throughout 2022 he has also become: the youngest in winning the ATP 1000 in Madrid and Miami, the youngest in history to beat both Nadal and Djokovic, the youngest champion of an ATP 500 event but also the youngest to win at Flushing Meadows by Pete Sampras i
  
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• Laver Cup Flashback: Roger Federer eases past Nick Kyrgios

  20-09-2022 12:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  The second edition of the Laver Cup took place in Chicago in September 2018. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic led Team Europe and did not play the singles matches on an opening day. Grigor Dimitrov, Kyle Edmund and David Goffin pushed the blue squad 3-0 ahead, and Roger and Novak played the night match, sharing the same side of the court for the first time. Federer played his first singles encounter on the second day against Nick Kyrgios. The Swiss and the Aussie played four thrilling matches on
  
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• 'Carlos Alcaraz is superior to the others at that age', says former ace

  20-09-2022 12:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  "I'm very happy to become world No. 1 and grow in it," said Carlos Alcaraz after winning his first Grand Slam and in New York. But you have to grow up and adjust to fame and what it brings, and the teenager smiled broadly from ear to ear and said, "He's crazy to me. I never thought that he would receive something like this at 19 years old. Everything has come so fast "he would never have thought to defeat the Norwegian Casper Ruud in a Slam and also win the ranking. Despite not being his first e
  
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• Rafael Nadal loses ATP Race lead to Carlos Alcaraz

  20-09-2022 11:22 via tennisworldusa.org
  Rafael Nadal had been the leader of the ATP Race for eight months. Rafa skipped the last year's second half due to a foot injury, returning stronger at the beginning of 2022. Nadal made an incredible comeback in the Australian Open final against Daniil Medvedev, trailing 6-2, 7-6, 3-2, 40-0 before prevailing in five sets after five hours and 24 minutes. Thus, the Spaniard claimed his first Australian Open crown in 13 years and sat at the top of the ATP Race for the first time in a long time. Raf
  
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• Daria Saville's funny reaction to drawing Naomi Osaka in Tokyo (WATCH)

  20-09-2022 11:20 via tennisworldusa.org
  Daria Saville had quite a funny reaction to being drawn to play the four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka in the Tokyo first round.Osaka, who will be an absolute fan favorite in Tokyo, will open her campaign against Australia's Saville. But when Saville heard that she would be taking on Osaka, she refused to be negative and instead had a funny reaction. Even before the announcer announced that Saville would be Osaka's opponent, the Australian pointed at her so everyone knew what wa
  
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• Michael Much Mair volunteer at Italian Open

  20-09-2022 10:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  At Marco Simone there are about 300 volunteers. A thousand different tasks, blue t-shirt, white hat, blue jacket if it rains or is cold. Among them there is a man of sixty years and almost two meters who plays golf quite well - he is 7 handicap - but on skis he was even better: 3 victories in the World Cup in downhill (2) and SuperG (1). It's Michael “Much” Mair, today he is the blue downhill coach. “What am I doing here? Simple, I love golf, I discovered it 35 years ago thanks
  
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• Roger Federer trains with Stefanos Tsitsipas ahead of last dance

  20-09-2022 10:04 via tennisworldusa.org
  Roger Federer will end his career in London this weekend. The Great Swiss will say farewell to tennis at O2 Arena, accompanied by fellow legends Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray. Roger is already in London, and he trained with Stefanos Tsitsipas on Monday night. Bjorn Borg was there too, and they all had a great time on the court. Federer will try to play at least one match this weekend, struggling with a knee injury and still wishing to give it a go one more time. Roger has been dea
  
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• Roger Federer's fitness coach reveals when the Swiss knew he would have to retire

  20-09-2022 10:00 via tennisworldusa.org
  Fitness coach Pierre Paganini revealed that Roger Federer knew around July his chances of returning to the Tour were extremely low. Federer, 41, underwent a third knee surgery last August. Federer was initially hoping to return at the Laver Cup and also play some other events in the rest of the year. But this Thursday Federer announced his plans to retire after the Laver Cup."In July it was getting clearer that a return on the tour would become impossible, at that time we were com
  
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• Carlos Alcaraz reveals his schedule

  20-09-2022 09:45 via tennisworldusa.org
  With 52 wins and five titles, the 19-year-old Carlos Alcaraz has been a player of the season so far. The young Spaniard claimed two ATP 500 crowns, two Masters 1000 titles and his first Major at the recently ended US Open. Carlos has built a healthy lead over Rafael Nadal and the rest of the field and will try to finish the season as the youngest year-end no. 1 player. Alcaraz is currently at home, recharging batteries after the US Open and the Davis Cup and spending time with his family and fri
  
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• 'That's what amazes me about Carlos Alcaraz', says former Top 10

  20-09-2022 09:20 via tennisworldusa.org
  That Grand Slam triumphs would come (and more will come) was clear to everyone almost immediately, but that Carlos Alcaraz was so precocious was hard to imagine until he was seen on the court. These are more or less the sensations felt by ─ among others ─ Sergi Bruguera, non-player captain of Spain in the Davis Cup. "I saw the final in the room because it was too late. With Alcaraz we knew it was going to happen sooner or later, but everything came very quickly, which is impressive.
  
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• Rennae Stubbs weighs in on racism, difficulties Serena e Venus Williams experienced

  20-09-2022 08:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Australian tennis legend Rennae Stubbs acknowledged that Serena and Venus Williams' path toward glory definitely wasn't easy and that they had to overcome lots of adversity and difficulties. Stubbs felt that the Williams sisters definitely experienced racism in at least some forms and that they had to work hard in order to be accepted and respected in the game of tennis. "What they went through early on in their careers was pretty traumatic in some ways," Stubbs said on the Off The Bal
  
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• Top journalist reflects on Roger Federer's demeanor off court

  20-09-2022 08:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  Daniil Medvedev has only words of praise for Roger Federer as he considers the Swiss to be a great champion on the court and a very nice and genuine person off it. Medvedev, 26, has faced Federer three times. Medvedev and Federer met for the first time at the 2018 Shanghai Masters, when the Swiss beat the Russian 6-4, 4-6, 6-4. Federer also defeated Medvedev in Basel (2018) and at the Miami Masters (2019). "I remember when we played for the first time in Shanghai 2018. So, it was one of the best
  
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• F1 star: Tiger Woods is the only guy that I think I would be nervous meeting

  20-09-2022 07:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Carlos Sainz, the great F1 driver, is delighted with Tiger Woods and what he has achieved in his career. In an interview with The New York Times, Sainz talked about Woods and the influence he has on him and others. "It is the aura he has around him, the charisma. He is a guy that changed the history of his sport completely.For me, I always look up to people that create a point in the history of their sport that changes that sport forever, and Tiger is the one that, for me, changed his sport
  
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• Novak Djokovic to play doubles with player with which he won his lone doubles title

  20-09-2022 07:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  Novak Djokovic reportedly plans to play doubles with Jonathan Erlich in Tel Aviv.Djokovic, 35, and 45-year-old Erlich are set to play alongside each other for the third time.Djokovic and Erlich had a memorable debut as a pair, having won it all at the Queen's Club in 2010. To this day, that remains Djokovic's only doubles title.With Erlich retiring from tennis, he plans to team up with Djokovic once again for his "Last Dance.""Novak Djokovic has confirmed he'll play doubles next week in Tel
  
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• Robert MacIntyre: "Fitzpatrick, this is the golf"

  20-09-2022 06:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  At the end of a week of great golf on the course of the Marco Simone Golf & Country Club in Guidonia Montecelio, just outside Rome, it is the Scottish Robert MacIntyre who raises the trophy of the winner of the 79th edition of the Italian Open.Robert MacIntyre, statementsThe 26-year-old spoke to Sky after what is the second success in his professional career: “I felt I was playing in incredible ways today, after a week of being very solid. Today the first nine went very well, then I di
  
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• 'Roger Federer was a very good partner to...', says ATP ace

  20-09-2022 06:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka, two rivals and two teammates. Both of Swiss blood, the two tennis players have starred in great battles on the courts, with a clear winner decreed: Federer has won 23 of the 26 direct confrontations. Only three times has Wawrinka managed to beat his compatriot: twice on the slopes of Monte Carlo and once at Roland Garros. In the case of the Monegasque city, the second victory succumbed to the first, since it was the final of the Masters 1000, won by the Swiss sec
  
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• 'The greatness that Roger Federer achieved on court was...', says analyst

  20-09-2022 05:40 via tennisworldusa.org
  Coach Patrick Mouratoglou believes that Roger Federer plays in the most beautiful way and feels that there will never be another Roger in the technical aspect of the game. When other players talk about Federer, they often say that he made tennis "look easy". Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam champion, is considered the player whose game has been the most aesthetically pleasing to watch. "I think Roger is the best ambassador for the game, because he plays tennis the way everybody would like to play t
  
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• 'Roger Federer was always interested in other people', says expert

  20-09-2022 05:10 via tennisworldusa.org
  A stainless couple: Roger Federer and Miroslava Mirka Vavrinec met at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, when Roger was not yet famous, while she is already a tennis player with a good career. Her love and Mirka's presence are hidden behind the successes of Roger Federer. Mirka stabilized the private life of the Swiss teacher, giving him emotional serenity and building a beautiful family, with her four children. Roger himself revealed in the past the importance of Mirka for his life and career: "I had no
  
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