Is this the way to handicap Roger Federer and give opponents a chance to stop his perfect 17-0 match record in 2018? After his semi-final win Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open, Roger Federer got a visit from Aussie tennis great Rod Laver, who presented the Swiss with one of his famous wooden racquets. Laver, who admitted to Federer’s surprise that he used to play whole tournaments with the same strings, was in the stands watching as the World No.1 claimed an impressive comeback victory over Borna Coric to reach his 8th BNP Paribas Open final. Delighted to present @RogerFederer with my Dunlop Maxply inscribed: ‘To the greatest, from Rod Laver ’62 ’69’ after his SF win today. Onto another...
Tennis fans will look back on Roger Federer's 2006 season as arguably the greatest in the Swiss' legendary career. A staggering 92-win campaign was kicked off with an impressive 16-0 run. For more than a decade, that win streak has stood as Federer's best start to a season. Until now. On Saturday, the World No. 1 completed a 17-0 run to kick off his 2018 campaign, storming back from the brink of defeat to overcome Borna Coric 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 at the BNP Paribas Open. With Pete Sampras and Rod Laver in attendance, Federer advanced to his eighth final in Indian Wells, exhibiting his trademark poise and guile to outlast his Croatian opponent in two hours and 21 minutes. Very...
Fresh off of his three-set win over Borna Coric, five-time champion Roger Federer is satisfied so far with his 'dream run' and is happy to be injury-free going into his match against Juan Martin del Potro at Indian Wells. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
Fresh off of his three-set win over Borna Coric, five-time champion Roger Federer is satisfied so far with his 'dream run' and is happy to be injury-free going into his match against final match against Juan Martin del Potro at Indian Wells. Watch live tennis at tennistv.com.
