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Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Bjorn Borg Selection Makes Him Angry
The ego and big mouth of Zlatan Ibrahimovic never disappoint, and him finishing second behind Bjorn Borg in a Swedish newspaper’s list ranking Sweden’s greatest athletes of all-time didn’t go so well with the PSG striker.
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Roger Federer Keeps Proving He’s the Best of All-Time
Because he won the Davis Cup (finally) and despite not claiming a Grand Slam trophy and for many other reasons, 2014 was another year in which Roger Federer proved why he’s the greatest tennis player of all-time, furthering and expanding his legacy instead of diminishing it at the age of 33.
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Roger Federer is Finally a Davis Cup Champion
Despite everything that happened over the last few days, Roger Federer brought his best, sublime tennis to his singles match with Richard Gasquet to come away with the win that wins Switzerland their first Davis Cup title, while Federer himself wins the only title missing from his loaded trophy cabinet.
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Mirka Federer Calling Stanislas Wawrinka a Crybaby
The hottest feud in Tennis might be resolved, but it’s still incredible to have a video of Mirka Federer actually heckling Stanislas Wawrinka during his match with Roger Federer, caught on camera calling him a cry baby.
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Marin Cilic Beats Kei Nishikori in a US Open Final No One Cared About
The problem with the 2014 US Open final in the broader sense? Marin Cilic and Kei Nishikori aren’t household names – not players who are known for people who are only slightly interested in Tennis, usually awaken when a Grand Slam Final pops up. The Croatian beat the Japanese player in a final that showed this is no longer a top 4 tour, yet it’s going to take some time getting used to it.
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Roger Federer – US Open Title Keeps Slipping Away
This should have been the year for Roger Federer to add to his Grand Slam collection. The stage was set for him to finally win the US Open for the first time in five years. Novak Djokovic lost to Kei Nishikori. All that was standing in his way of the final was Marin Cilic, a player he has never lost to. Turns out the Croatian had a few tricks up his sleeve.
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Roger Federer – Not Giving Up on the US Open Title
For a moment there all seemed lost for Roger Federer, but he managed to come back from losing the first two sets against Gael Monfils and reach the US Open semifinal for the first time in three years. Marin Cilic is next, and there’s probably a Novak Djokovic battle waiting for him in the potential final. However, the world’s greatest living Tennis player is still on the right path to make it an 18th Grand Slam victory.
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Novak Djokovic – US Open is His for the Taking
It’s been three years since Novak Djokovic won the US Open, a tournament he usually shines in. By beating Andy Murray he knocked out one of the only two players who have beaten him in New York over the last four years, and the other one isn’t even in the tournament to begin with. He didn’t go in to the Grand Slam with a hot streak behind him, but he is finding his best tennis at the right time.
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Roger Federer – US Open Title Only Three Wins Away
It’s been an easy road for Roger Federer so far in the 2014 US Open, and it’s not that difficult of a journey, at least to the final, and maybe his 18th Grand Slam title. Gael Monfils is next, and after him maybe Tomas Berdych or Marin Cilic, which means there quite an opening for the greatest player in the history of the game, 33 of age, to reach the final of the tournament for the first time in five years.
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Roger Federer – Cincinnati Masters Leading up to US Open Title
He’s not back. Roger Federer never left. He has rough patches and slumps, but despite his age, the burdens of family life and the injuries that keep coming to nag him from time to time, the greatest player in the history of Tennis, fresh of his first Masters title (Cincinnati) in exactly two years, looks finally like someone who can win a Grand Slam, the up & coming US Open, again.