Injured Federer pulls out of hometown tourney
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Basel, Switzerland (Sports Network) - World No. 1 star Roger Federer was forced to pull out of his hometown Swiss Indoors tennis event after suffering a thigh injury while warming up on Tuesday.
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Mary Pierce pulled out of Wimbledon with a foot injury Tuesday, joining Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport as former Grand Slam winners out of the tournament that begins Monday.
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Top seed Roger Federer reached the  quarter-finals of the U.S. Open without hitting a ball when  Andrei Pavel pulled out with an injury on Monday.
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Roger Federer drops his first set of the tournament before beating John Isner to reach the US Open fourth round.
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Roger Federer reached the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time, setting up a showdown against Andre Agassi, when No. 16 Andrei Pavel pulled out of their match Monday with a herniated disc.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - Roger Federer, the world&#39;s No. 1 tennis player, pulled out of the Swiss Indoors tournament Tuesday after injuring his left thigh in warm-up.
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BASEL, Switzerland  - Roger Federer eased into the quarter-finals of his hometown tournament on Thursday, brushing aside Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro 6-1 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors second round.
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BASEL, Switzerland - Top-ranked Roger Federer withdrew from the Swiss Indoors tournament after hurting his left thigh while warming up Tuesday.
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World number one Roger Federer pulls out of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle after his French Open final loss to Rafael Nadal.
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HALLE, Germany  - Roger Federer pulled out of his regular Wimbledon warm-up event in Halle on Monday, blaming fatigue after losing to Rafael Nadal in Sunday's French Open final.
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Roger Federer will get a free ride into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after his opponent Tommy Haas withdrew on Sunday with an abdominal muscle strain.
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ATHENS, Greece - Top-seeded Roger Federer was eliminated in the second round of the Olympics Tuesday night, losing 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 to Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic. Federer, who won Wimbledon the past two years and replaced Andy Roddick atop the ...
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Roger Federer got a free ride at the  Australian Open Friday when his opponent retired hurt while  rival Marat Safin survived an injury scare of his own to lead a  procession of Russians into the fourth round.
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Roger Federer pulled out of the Swiss Indoors after hurting his left thigh in a practice session Tuesday, while Taylor Dent and Paradorn Srichaphan exited with upset losses.
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Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo withdrew from the Swisscom Challenge on Tuesday because of a strained thigh muscle. It&#39;s the same injury that forced Mauresmo to pull out of the final of a tournament in Filderstadt, Germany, this month.
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Roger Federer gathered his racket bag and trudged off the court, ignoring fans&#39; autograph requests as he headed straight for the exit.
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Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt &#151; the world's top three ranked players &#151; pulled out of next week's Madrid Masters in another wave of withdrawals from the hard-court tournament.