GenevaLunch » Roger Federer http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 09:11:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Sports, tennis: Federer triumphs while rivals get the blueshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/13/sports-tennis-federer-triumphs-while-rivals-get-the-blues/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/13/sports-tennis-federer-triumphs-while-rivals-get-the-blues/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 19:26:37 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=70187 GenevaLunch.com MADRID, SPAIN – Roger Federer won the ATP Madrid Open 13 May 2012 in a tournament where his biggest rivals cursed the blue clay courts. The Swiss star moved past Rafa Nadal into second place in the ATP rankings and matched the Spaniard’s record 20 ATP 1000 tournament wins. Nadal and Novak Djokovic had already [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/13/sports-tennis-federer-triumphs-while-rivals-get-the-blues/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Federer beats Nadal to set up Isner showdown (update: Federer wins final)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/18/sports-tennis-federer-beats-nadal-to-set-up-isner-showdown-update-federer-wins-final/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/18/sports-tennis-federer-beats-nadal-to-set-up-isner-showdown-update-federer-wins-final/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:21:39 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=67867 GenevaLunch.com INDIAN WELLS, CALIFORNIA – Roger Federer swept past his long time rival Rafael Nadal to go into the finals of the ATP tournament in Indian Wells, 17 March. The Swiss star, currently third in the ATP rankings, won 6-3 6-4, breaking Nadal’s serve on four occasions with a display of precision and power that Nadal [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/18/sports-tennis-federer-beats-nadal-to-set-up-isner-showdown-update-federer-wins-final/feed/ 0 Sports, Dubai Open tennis: Federer cruises past Murray in finalhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/sports-dubai-open-tennis-federer-cruises-past-murray-in-final/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/sports-dubai-open-tennis-federer-cruises-past-murray-in-final/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:27:12 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=67233 GenevaLunch.com DUBAI, UAE – Roger Federer swept away the challenge from Andy Murray in the final of the ATP tournament in Dubai, 3 March. The Swiss dominated the game with an aggressive forehand while the Scot was forced to run around behind the baseline. Murray beat Novak Djokovic in the semi-final to end the Serb’s run [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/sports-dubai-open-tennis-federer-cruises-past-murray-in-final/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Murray downs Djokovic, faces Federerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/sports-tennis-murray-downs-djokovic-faces-federer/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/sports-tennis-murray-downs-djokovic-faces-federer/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 09:53:43 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67222 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Saturday afternoon 3 March promises great tennis, with Andy Murray and Roger Federer facing off for the finals of the Dubai Open. Murray defeated the world’s number one player, Novak Djokovic Friday night in straight sets, 6-2, 7-5, in an impressive performance with strong serves that lead the Guardian to say “No [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/03/03/sports-tennis-murray-downs-djokovic-faces-federer/feed/ 0 Sports,tennis: Federer makes it 71 titleshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/19/sportstennis-federer-makes-it-71-titles/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/19/sportstennis-federer-makes-it-71-titles/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 20:34:24 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=66790 GenevaLunch.com ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – Roger Federer won his 71st ATP title while contesting his 101st final when he triumphed in the Rotterdam tournament, 19 February. He swept past the Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro 6-1 6-4 in less than an hour and a half. The Basel player was in much better form than when he lost [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/19/sportstennis-federer-makes-it-71-titles/feed/ 0 Sports, Davis Cup tennis: USA crush Switzerland 3-0http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/sports-davis-cup-tennis-usa-crush-switzerland-3-0/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/sports-davis-cup-tennis-usa-crush-switzerland-3-0/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:57:15 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=66549 GenevaLunch.com FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss team of  Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka were swept out of the Davis Cup when the US team won both the singles matches on Friday and then won the doubles on Saturday 11 February. In the first match Wawrinka went down in five sets against Mardy Fish, who won 6-2, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/11/sports-davis-cup-tennis-usa-crush-switzerland-3-0/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Djokovic outlasts Nadal in five set marathonhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/29/sports-tennis-djokovic-outlasts-nadal-in-five-set-marathon/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/29/sports-tennis-djokovic-outlasts-nadal-in-five-set-marathon/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:09:00 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=66108 GenevaLunch.com MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA- It took more than five and a half hours, ending  after one thirty in the morning, 29 January. Novak Djokovic finally wore down Rafa Nadal in the men’s final of the Australian Open 5-7, 6-4, 6-2,6-7, 7-5. Nadal took the first set but Djokovic swept past him in the next two and looked [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/29/sports-tennis-djokovic-outlasts-nadal-in-five-set-marathon/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Nadal does it again, Federer out of Australia Openhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/sports-tennis-nadal-does-it-again-federer-out-of-australia-open/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/sports-tennis-nadal-does-it-again-federer-out-of-australia-open/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:49:01 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66032 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rafael Nadal is back in form, at Roger Federer’s expense, with the former winning their Australian Open semi-finals match 6-7 (5-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4Thursday morning 26 January, Swiss time. The match had some fine moments, but Federer failed to rise to the challenge at times, and at one point lost 11 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/26/sports-tennis-nadal-does-it-again-federer-out-of-australia-open/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Federer vs Nadal for the Australian semis!http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/24/sports-tennis-federer-vs-nadal-for-the-australian-semis/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/24/sports-tennis-federer-vs-nadal-for-the-australian-semis/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:03:55 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=65501 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Rafael Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych Tuesday 24 January in the Australian Open, 6-7 7-6 6-4 6-3 , giving himself an invitation in the process to face off against Roger Federer in the semi-finals. Berdych made Nadal work for the win, which took 4 hours 16 minutes. The Nadal-Federer match, with both players [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/01/24/sports-tennis-federer-vs-nadal-for-the-australian-semis/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Federer triumphs in thriller finalhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/sports-tennis-federer-triumphs-in-thriller-final/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/27/sports-tennis-federer-triumphs-in-thriller-final/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:44:10 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=64115 GenevaLunch.com LONDON, ENGLAND – Roger Federer played his 100th ATP final and notched up a record sixth title in the end of year ATP World Tour Final 27 November, defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-3 6-7 6-3. The Swiss master also moved past Stefan Edberg in his total number of wins but still has some way to go [...]

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