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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.
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Novak Djokovic Won Wimbledon By Beating Roger Federer & the Fans
The fans cheered for Novak Djokovic at the end of another epic Wimbledon final, beating Roger Federer in five sets, out of courtesy and habit. They really preferred to see him on the losing side of things on what remained of the grass court, making the triumph and lifting his seventh Grand Slam title a whole lot sweeter.
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10 Highest Paid Athletes in the World for 2014
According to the list of top 10 highest paid athletes in the world over the last 12 months, it’s great to be a soccer star (Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi), NBA legend (LeBron James, Kobe Bryant), great at Golf (Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson) or simply excel at Tennis (Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer). However, the best thing to be is Floyd Mayweather, leading the list for a third consecutive year.
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Wawrinka Beats Federer – Not a One and Done
Winning a big one is hard, but consistency and greatness is even more difficult. The Monte Carlo Masters isn’t a Grand Slam, but it’s an indication that Stansilas Wawrinka might be here for more than just a short period of dominance, as he walked all over Roger Federer to win his first ATP 1000 tournament.
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Roger Federer – As Good as Novak Djokovic Allowed Him to be
For a moment there, everything was perfect. The crowd was booming for Roger Federer, just taking a 6-5 lead in the third set of the Indian Wells Masters final over Novak Djokovic, seemingly in control and ready to win the match and the title. And then everything went south – the bad and shaky backhand, and an opponent that most of the time is simply better than him.
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Roger Federer Still After the One Title he Doesn’t Have
Grand Slam titles? Check. Olympic gold medal? In doubles, but also check. The Davis Cup? That’s something that Roger Federer has failed to win for Switzerland and himself, but this weekend might be the last chance for him to get his hands on that title.
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Is This the End of the Top 4 Era?
Stanislas Wawrinka beating Rafael Nadal in the final of the 2014 Australian Open hopefully signals some sort of change in men’s tennis and ushers in some sort of new era of parity, which means that it’s not going to be about Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer winning Grand Slam titles.
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Why Roger Federer is Still the Best Player in Tennis History
The easiest and most superficial way to compare tennis players is the number of grand slam tournaments they’ve won. Roger Federer is still the all-time leader with 17, and Rafael Nadal has some way to go before he catches up, stuck on 13. By that measurement alone Federer remains the greatest player of all time.
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Australian Open Semifinal – Rafael Nadal Beats Roger Federer
It wasn’t a fair fight after the first set. Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer in the Australian Open semifinal 7-6, 6-3, 6-3 in another dominant performance that makes it quite clear who is the better player, advancing to the final to face another Swiss player, Stanislas Wawrinka.