Different routes for Federer and Sharapova
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INDIAN WELLS, California  - World number ones Roger Federer and Maria Sharapova defend their crowns at the Pacific Life Open later this week after sharply contrasting build-ups.
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For good or bad, tennis players&#39; fortunes change as quickly as the direction of the swirling wind at the US Open. Just ask major champions Jennifer Capriati, Roger Federer and Carlos Moya, who all dealt with
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Roger Federer will face American Michael Russell in the first round of the French Open, the only Grand Slam tournament he hasn't won. In the draw Friday, two-time defending champion Justine Henin of Belgium opens against Elena Vesnina of Russia, and No. 2 Maria Sharapova will play Emilie Loit of France.
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Top seed Roger Federer and No. 5 Tim Henman both reached the quarterfinals of the US Open yesterday on the back of opponents&#39; injuries.
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Maria Sharapova and Jelena Jankovic advanced to the third round at the DFS Classic on Wednesday.
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Top seed Roger Federer and number two   Rafael Nadal are in action at the U.S. Open on Wednesday with   players, organizers and spectators alike hoping for better   weather.
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HOUSTON (Ticker) - Once again, Roger Federer of Switzerland got the better of Aussie Lleyton Hewitt. Federer, the top seed and world No.
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Justine Henin-Hardenne faces Lindsay Davenport and Roger Federer takes on Marc Gicquel in U.S. Open tennis today. Also in action are Elena Dementieva, James Blake and Marat Safin.
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Sport: Wimbledon: Former US Open champion sets up date with either Venus Williams or Maria Sharapova.
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Roger Federer sure gave Novak Djokovic chances, all sorts of chances, to pull off a major surprise in the U.S. Open final Sunday. Federer knows how to win these things, while Djokovic is still learning, and that might have made the difference.
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New York: It is never easy at a Grand Slam tournament, and No 1 Roger Federer and defending champion Andy Roddick could find it particularly tough at this year&#39;s US Open.
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FLUSHING MEADOW, N.Y. -- Roger Federer was using his fingers as a comb, beginning at his forehead and gliding backward through his still-wet, mountain-man mane while trying to figure out how he could have won two consecutive Wimbledons and not have advanced beyond the fourth round in four appearances at the US Open.
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PARIS -- For all of Roger Federer's titles at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open -- and there are 10 and counting -- his career very well may be defined eventually by how he fared at the French Open.
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Two sets. In the end, on paper, that's all that separated Roger Federer from a true Grand Slam this year. Two sets.
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For good or bad, tennis players&#39; fortunes change as quickly as the direction of the swirling wind at the US Open. Just ask major champions Jennifer Capriati, Roger Federer and
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MELBOURNE -- Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, and Lleyton Hewitt knew they needed to do something drastic. Roger Federer was winning practically every tournament, and the gap between him and everyone else in men's tennis was growing.
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Goliath had David, Chamberlain had Russell, Roger Federer has Rafael Nadal.