FEDERER&#39;S FLYING START
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Roger Federer opened the Masters Cup with an expected victory over French Open champion Gaston Gaudio. The world number one, who had not played for a month, showed few signs of rustiness as he raced through the opening set 6-1.
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Roger Federer is the first to admit he pays a steep price for all his success. One by one, players try to knock him off, and with each match and each victory expectations grow.
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NEW YORK : Top seed Roger Federer, who is trying to become the first man since Mats Wilander to capture three majors in the same year, took another step in that direction by overpowering Fabrice Santoro at the US Open.
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Top-ranked Roger Federer beat Bohdan Ulihrach 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday in the opening round of the ABN Amro tournament.
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MELBOURNE - Roger Federer took his time about this one - needing 4 1/2 hours and five sets to advance at the Australian Open.
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Top-seeded Roger Federer made it to the U.S. Open quarterfinals when Andrei Pavel pulled out with a herniated disc in his lower back. Tim Henman also advanced today.
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First, critics said Roger Federer couldn&#39;t win the big ones, because he started his career with a 2-6 record in tournament finals.
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Sport: Roger Federer eases to straight-sets win over Nikolay Davydenko.
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Swiss virtuoso Roger Federer captured his fourth successive U.S. Open title with cold-blooded efficiency on Sunday, proving to young Serb Novak Djokovic that he is not yet ready for a changing of the guard.
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NEW YORK - Too easy. That&#39;s how Roger Federer makes tennis seem. He takes a game filled with grunts and looks as if he&#39;s gliding effortlessly on the court, almost floating, artistically painting lines and corners with winners.
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ROTTERDAM, Netherlands  - Roger Federer began his  quest to win one of the few titles to have escaped his grasp  with a stylish 6-3, 6-4, first-round victory over Czech  qualifier Bohdan Ulihrach at the World Indoor Tournament on  Wednesday.
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Roger Federer passes his first test at the French Open, beating Michael Russell of the United States on Tuesday.
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Roger Federer hadn&#39;t played anybody for keeps in six weeks. So, even though he&#39;d been routinely putting in four-hour training sessions after he arrived at Westside Tennis Club last week, a measure of apprehension lingered.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Champion Roger Federer led  an express-speed charge of seeded players through the first  round of the Australian Open Monday, with Andre Agassi also  making a confident start after an injury scare.
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Roger Federer is the most talented tennis player I have ever seen. He has the capacity to become the greatest in history. This conclusion isn&#39;t simply a result of his sublime victory over Lleyton Hewitt in Sunday&#39;s US Open final.
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Roger Federer took the first step   toward what he hopes will be a third consecutive U.S. Open   title as he cruised past Wang Yeu-tzuoo of Taiwan 6-4 6-1 6-0   in the first round on Wednesday.
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Roger Federer begins the defence of his Australian Open title on Monday.