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Swiss beat Aussies in Davis Cup tennis

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:00:47 +0000

GenevaLunch.com SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – It took only three minutes for Switzerland to finish off Australian Davis Cup hopes in a match interupted by bad light, 19 August. The match was suspended with Stanislas Wawrinka just one game from an historic win against Leyton Hewitt, with the overall match tied at 2-2 after Roger Federer won [...]

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International sports, tennis: Federer masterclass, Nadal to meet Murray

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:14:36 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Melbourne, Australia (GenevaLunch) - Roger Federer was in fine form as he brushed aside the local favourite Leyton Hewitt 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 to enter the quarter-finals of the Australian Open Monday 25 January. Federer was in complete control throughout, dropping serve only once, in the third set, and then coming back immedately to beat Hewitt [...]

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International sports, tennis: Federer wins, Roddick, Safina and Sharapova out

Nicholas Bates — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:46:28 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Flushing Meadows, New York (GenevaLunch) - World number one Roger Federer beat Leyton Hewitt for the 14th time in a row, but dropped a set before he managed to pull away from the Australian 4-6 6-3 7-5 6-4. Another Swiss, Marco Chiudinelli, lost to 8th seed Nikolay Davydenko. Novak Djokovic came through in four sets, [...]

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International sports, tennis: Federer to face Murray in Cincinnati semi-finals

Nicholas Bates — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 07:49:44 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (GenevaLunch) - Roger Federer eased past Leyton Hewitt 6-3 6-4 as the Australian struggled with an injured knee in the Cincinnati Masters, the final ATP tournament before the US Open. Andy Murray had a tougher time as he struggled past Julien Bennetteau 4-6 6-3 6-1. The Scot’s superior fitness paid off in [...]

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International sports, tennis: Federer makes winning return

Nicholas Bates — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 10:14:15 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Montreal, Canada (GenevaLunch) – Swiss and world number 1 Roger Federer made a successful return to tennis after taking off a month to be with his wife and twin baby girls. He won 7-6, 6-4 against Quebec player Frédéric Niemeyer without dropping a serve. Andy Murray, the third seed, looked impressive as he beat Frenchman [...]

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International sports, Wimbledon tennis: Federer, Haas, Roddick and Murray win.

Nicholas Bates — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:02:24 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Wimbledon, England (GenevaLunch) – Swiss Roger Federer gave a lesson in how to deal with a big serving giant when he swept past Croation Ivo Karlovic in straight sets, 6-3 7-5 7-6, breaking serve twice with some superb returns of service and barely dropping a point when on serve himself. Tommy Haas pulled off the [...]

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International sports, Wimbledon tennis: Murray and Federer win

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:02:57 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Wimbledon, England (GenevaLunch) - Andy Murray fought his way past Swiss number two Stanislav Wawrinski in a five-set thriller that lasted more than four hours, taking advantage of the new retractable roof that allowed play to continue until the finish at 22:39. Wawrinski dominated the first set to win 2-6 but Murray took the next two and [...]

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International sports, tennis: Nadal pulls out of Wimbledon

Nicholas Bates — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 06:03:45 +0000

GenevaLunch.com London, England (GenevaLunch) – Wimbledon Champion Rafa Nadal announced that he will not be defending his title because of tendinitis in both knees. The decision was made after he lost two warm-up matches against Leyton Hewitt and Stanislav Wawrinka, and was clearly suffering against both players. Pundits have been speculating on the underlying causes of [...]

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International sports, tennis: French Open Roland Garros

Nicholas Bates — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:10:22 +0000

GenevaLunch.com Paris, France (GenevaLunch) - Last year’s women’s champion, Serbian Ana Ivanovic, overcame Italian Sara Errani to win her first round match 7-6 6-3, but she was not at her best, having problems with her service. Geneva resident French national Amelie Mauresmo lost to German Anna-Lena Groenefeld 6-4 6-3. In the men’s matches Scot Andy Murray [...]

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