Rome, Italy (GenevaLunch) – Rafa Nadal won his fifth Rome Masters tournament, and his 17th ATP World Tour Masters tournament, matching Andre Agassi’s record for ATP Masters wins, at only age 23. Agassi wa 34 when he became the record-holder. Nadal defeated David Ferrer 7-5 6-2 Sunday 2 May in a rain-soaked tournament with numerous rain delays. Nadal looked in good form, giving the impression that his injuries of recent months are behind him.
Links to other sites: ATP World Tour, Nadal’s home page
Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The World Anti-doping Agency (Wada) celebrates its tenth year this week as it finds itself faced with the blunt admission by one of the all-time greats of the tennis world, Andre Agassi, that he took the highly addictive drug crystal meth 12 years ago.
Agassi’s autobiography Open, to be released 9 November, contains the admission, but Wada’s statute of limitations is eight years, so Agassi is technically outside the sports and drugs monitoring organization’s reach.
Update 15:30 Sampras calls Federer greatest player ever
Paris, France (GenevaLunch) – Roger Federer won his first French Open to become only the sixth player in history to win all of the Grand Slam tournaments, after Fred Perry, Don Budge, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson and André Agassi. It was his 14th Grand Slam win, equaling Pete Sampras’s record. He beat the Swedish sensation of the tournament, Robin Soderling, 6-1 7-6 6-4. Sampras told the Guardian Monday that Federer is the best player in the history of the game. He spoke to CNN, saying “I’m so proud right now you can’t believe it” and noting that he’s far from retirement and hopes to play for many more years.
