The silence that follows a thunderbolt is often more frightening than the deafening roar of the sky. The pin-drop silence that hung in the air on that overcast day when a 19-year old sprightly Swiss

LONDON (AP) - Seven-time champion Roger Federer could face archrival Rafael Nadal in the quarterfinals at Wimbledon.
Friday's draw for the grass-court Grand Slam placed the third-seeded Federer and N

Halle: Roger Federer won his first title of the year on Sunday, the world number three beating Russia's Mikhail Youzhny 6-7 (5/7), 6-3, 6-4 in the ATP final at Halle.
This was the 31-year-old Swiss g

Lives of great men remind us
We can make our lives sublime;
And departing leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time
-        (From Henry Wordsworth Longfellow's "A Psalm of Life")
 
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Rafael Nadal overcame a stiff test from compatriot David Ferrer to reach the Madrid Masters semi-finals on Friday while Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova stayed on course for a mouth-watering title showdown.

Ivan Lendl on Wednesday played down Andy Murray's chances of sealing back-to-back Grand Slams at the Australian Open, warning it was "very, very difficult to succeed" in a highly competitive era.

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World No.1 tennis player Novak Djokovic ended the year with the highest prize money earned on the ATP World Tour this season.

The Serb in total bagged $12,803,737 while World No.2 and London Olympics

Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal has returned to training at his Mallorca base after nearly five months on the sidelines with a knee injury.

"Today was my first training session after so many weeks out

Serb Novak Djokovic finishes as world number one for the second straight year, as he sits top of the final 2012 rankings released by the ATP on Monday.

Djokovic has 12,920 points with Swiss Roger Fed

Legendary tennis player Boris Becker rated Roger Federer very highly and said due to his sound technique the Swiss probably could have been the only player to have competed successfully in the "serve