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News Source: BDNews24
| 5 months ago
Argentine fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro overcame a bout of jitters to stroll into his first grand slam semi-final with a 6-3 6-4 6-2 win over Spaniard Tommy Robredo at the French Open on Wednesday. However, there is little chance Del Potro's...
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News Source: The Irish Times
| 5 months ago
After a stumble in the previous round, the second seed was back to his best as he recorded a 7-6 (8/6) 6-2 6-4 win over Gael Monfils, the last remaining French player in the singles draws. Having had to fight back from two sets down to beat Tommy...
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News Source: BDNews24
| 5 months ago
World number two Roger Federer eased past local favourite Gael Monfils 7-6 6-2 6-4 to book his place in the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday. The Swiss will play his fifth consecutive semi-final at Roland Garros against either Argentine fifth...
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News Source: Inquirer.net
| 5 months ago
Roger Federer is just three wins away from both a career Grand Slam and joining Pete Sampras as a 14-time major winner, but he's desperate to avoid sinking beneath a tidal wave of expectations. With four-time champion Rafael Nadal, who defeated the...
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News Source: 7days
| 5 months ago
Roger Federer breathed a sigh of relief after narrowly avoiding joining Rafa Nadal on the Roland Garros scrapheap after coming through a five-set thriller against Tommy Haas. The world No.2 was two sets down to the German, and looking for all the...
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News Source: The Examiner
| 5 months ago
Roger Federer knows full well, of course, that Rafael Nadal is no longer around this year to befuddle him, to beat him, to stand between him and a French Open title. Federer insists he is not thinking about that, not thinking ahead. Still, Federer...
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News Source: Daily News & Analysis
| 5 months ago
Paris: World number two Roger Federer teetered on the brink of defeat before turning on the style to down Germany's Tommy Haas 6-7 5-7 6-4 6-0 6-2 and reach the quarter-finals of the French Open on Monday. The 27-year-old Swiss, chasing the only...
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News Source: New Zealand Herald
| 5 months ago
Roger Federer mounted one of the biggest comebacks of his career on Monday when he rallied from a two-set deficit to beat Tommy Haas and reach the French Open quarterfinals. Less than 24 hours after Rafael Nadal was eliminated, Federer averted...
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News Source: Taiwan News
| 5 months ago
Tommy Haas stood across from Roger Federer knowing if he could just win the next point, he had a real chance to pull off a second major upset of this year's French Open. With Haas up two sets and holding a break point while leading 4-3 in third,...
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News Source: The Frontier Post
| 5 months ago
Roger Federer kept his dream of a first French Open title alive by coming back from two sets down to beat the unseeded Tommy Haas and reach the last eight. The exit of Federer's nemesis Rafael Nadal on Sunday has increased the second seed's hopes of...