GenevaLunch » tennis 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: 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: 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: Tsonga beats Nadal to join Federer in semi-finalshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/25/sports-tennis-tsonga-beats-nadal-to-join-federer-in-semi-finals/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/25/sports-tennis-tsonga-beats-nadal-to-join-federer-in-semi-finals/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:18:56 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=64003 GenevaLunch.com LONDON, ENGLAND – Jo-Wilfried Tsonga survived a dip in form in the second set to send Rafael Nadal back to Spain by eliminating him from the ATP World Tour Finals 7-6 4-6 6-3  in London, 24 November. The Spanish star, currently second in the ATP rankings, can now prepare for the final of the Davis [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/25/sports-tennis-tsonga-beats-nadal-to-join-federer-in-semi-finals/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: Tsonga gives way to Federer againhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/20/sports-tennis-tsonga-gives-way-to-federer-again/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/20/sports-tennis-tsonga-gives-way-to-federer-again/#comments Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:27:54 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63721 GenevaLunch.com LONDON, ENGLAND – It took one hour, 28 minutes and it was a tough match, but Swiss Roger Federer defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 2-6 6-4 Sunday 20 November for the opening match of the ATP World Tour Finals. The two faced off just a week ago when Federer beat Tsonga in the final of the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/20/sports-tennis-tsonga-gives-way-to-federer-again/feed/ 0 Djokovic loses to no. 32 Japanese player Nishikori! Federer beats Wawrinka (Update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/djokovic-loses-to-no-32-japanese-player-nishikori-federer-beats-wawrinka-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/djokovic-loses-to-no-32-japanese-player-nishikori-federer-beats-wawrinka-update/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 17:45:15 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=63253 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – A major upset at the Swiss Indoors Basel tennis tournament has the sport reeling Saturday night 5 November: number 32 in the world, Japanese wild card Kei Nishikori, defeated Novak Djokovic, who praised the winner’s game, saying his opponent was “getting impossible balls back”. Djokovic, top player in the ATP rankings, won [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/05/djokovic-loses-to-no-32-japanese-player-nishikori-federer-beats-wawrinka-update/feed/ 0 Federer named Basel’s all-time best playerhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/federer-named-basels-all-time-best-player/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/federer-named-basels-all-time-best-player/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:47:19 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63102 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Roger Federer has moved on to the next round of the Swiss Indoors Basel tennis tournament in his hometown, but upcoming matches have been sweetened by the “best player ever” award awarded to him by the tournament Tuesday. Federer received 78.5 percent of the 40,000 votes cast online for him, well ahead [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/02/federer-named-basels-all-time-best-player/feed/ 4 Federer takes training to greater lengthshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/federer-takes-training-to-greater-lengths/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/federer-takes-training-to-greater-lengths/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:26:46 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63021 GenevaLunch.com BASEL, SWITZERLAND – Roger Federer and other tennis champs might be in training in Basel for the upcoming tournament there, but the Swiss star took time out Friday afternoon 28 October to train in a different way: he baptized a Swiss locomotive. “I have never named a locomotive before, let alone one bearing my own [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/31/federer-takes-training-to-greater-lengths/feed/ 2 Tennis: Nadal undone by Murray, Djokovich bows out of Shanghaihttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/tennis-nadal-undone-by-murray-djokovich-bows-out-of-shanghai/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/tennis-nadal-undone-by-murray-djokovich-bows-out-of-shanghai/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:59:34 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62284 GenevaLunch.com TOKYO, JAPAN – Rafael Nadal called Andy Murray “unstoppable” after the final of the Japan Open, won by Murray 3-6, 6-2, 6-0 Sunday 9 October. Murray lost his first set but then went on to win his third title in his last four tournaments, allowing Nadal only four points in the final set. If Murray [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/10/tennis-nadal-undone-by-murray-djokovich-bows-out-of-shanghai/feed/ 0 Sports, tennis: women’s title surprise overshadows men, for a changehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/sports-tennis-womens-title-surprise-overshadows-men-for-a-change/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/12/sports-tennis-womens-title-surprise-overshadows-men-for-a-change/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:38:41 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61448 GenevaLunch.com FLUSHING MEADOWS, NY, USA – The semi-finals and finals of the men’s singles at the US Open looked like they would harvest all the media attention this weekend, 9-11 September, when something happened over there on the women’s court. American Serena Williams, who had been playing some of her best tennis and was widely expected [...]

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