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From Afrojack To Metallica, Federer Talks Music

If you are wondering what music Roger Federer — who will rise back to No. 1 in the ATP Rankings on Monday — listens to before a match, we may finally have the answer. The 36-year-old, who defeated Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-2 at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to win his 97th tour-level title, addressed the topic of music in his post-match press conference. The Swiss discussed Dutch DJ Afrojack's performance in the pre-final entertainment show. "It was cool,” said Federer. “I couldn't watch it all because I was getting ready, but we walked past him [Afrojack]. It seemed the crowds enjoyed it. They have a lot of great DJ's here in this country and I like that fact...

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Argentina Open Stars Attend Boca Juniors Victory

Before their first matches at the 2018 Argentina Open, Dominic Thiem, Diego Schwartzman, Robert Farah and Juan Sebastian Cabal visited the district of La Boca to watch 32-time national league football champions Boca Juniors. The quartet, who interestingly could meet in the semi-finals of the doubles event, watched Boca Juniors defeat Temperley 1-0 and played a potential semi-final preview, in foot-tennis form, in front of a huge crowd. Thiem and Boca Juniors fan Schwartzman, who will compete together in doubles alongside their singles campaigns, did not get their partnership off to the best of starts, as a lack of communication during their foot-tennis exhibition led to an unfortunate facial injury for the Argentine. "[Our friendship] started years ago and it...

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Out Wide Grigor Dimitrov

Grigor Dimitrov admits to a classic chick flick being his favourite film and reveals the world leader he would most like to meet in this Out Wide interview from Rotterdam.

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