Nine-time French Open champ Rafael Nadal is one of the slowest players of the last 25 years. Roger Federer is faster than average. Novak Djokovic is slower than average — but has gotten faster. Andy Murray, on the other hand, has slowed down. I’m not talking about foot speed, or about the speed of the […]
Nine-time French Open champ Rafael Nadal is one of the slowest players of the last 25 years. Roger Federer is faster than average. Novak Djokovic is slower than average — but has gotten faster. Andy Murray, on the other hand, has slowed down. I’m not talking about foot speed, or about the speed of the […]
Roger Federer is still one of the world’s best tennis players. He’s just more likely than he used to be to lose to guys who aren’t. Federer fell Friday at the Australian Open to Andreas Seppi, the world No. 46 who had lost his past 23 matches against top 10 players and all 10 of […]
Roger Federer is still one of the world’s best tennis players. He’s just more likely than he used to be to lose to guys who aren’t. Federer fell Friday at the Australian Open to Andreas Seppi, the world No. 46 who had lost his past 23 matches against top 10 players and all 10 of […]
The top two men’s tennis players in the world are competing this weekend in India for the first time. What they’ll find there is one of their sport’s biggest fan bases. Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer are playing in the International Premier Tennis League, a team-based competition outside the main pro tours that debuted last […]