Roger Federer

Haas, Dolgopolov advance to men's final

2012-08-04 23:57:00

Fourth-seeded German Tommy Haas defeated top-seeded American Mardy Fish in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5, in the semifinals of the $1 million Citi Open on Saturday. In the other semifinal, second-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine earned a 6-4, 6-4...

Phelps holds keys to his future as corporate pitchman and swimming advocate

2012-08-11 16:20:00

They streamed into the Speedo-sponsored party, world-class athletes set free after four years of training and one week of competing on their sport's biggest stage. Now that their Olympics were over, swimmers from around the world would spend this night...

Is Federer best tennis player of all time?

2012-07-09 20:43:33

Sustained greatness a plus Diane Pucin Los Angeles Times Roger Federer became the No. 1 tennis player in the world Monday, one of the consequences of his 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 Wimbledon victory over Andy Murray on Sunday. He's also the best ever. That's...

Loyola junior trades volleys for baskets

2012-03-13 19:52:00

He had managed it all through high school, and his dad had played with a guy who'd done it at Maryland, so the idea wasn't completely alien to Robert Olson when Loyola coach Jimmy Patsos pitched it his freshman year: Why not play basketball and tennis?...

From Sun Magazine: David Cordish Q&A

2011-09-23 03:49:00

Love him or hate him, David S. Cordish, 71, is a man who gets things done. As the head of the Cordish Companies, he turned a languid patch of downtown into the open-air dining and night life destination Power Plant Live! and then brought the idea to other...

Can Rory McIlroy be the new Tiger Woods?

2011-06-21 00:00:00

He's winner off course Teddy Greenstein Chicago Tribune Rory McIlroy aspires to be more than Tiger Woods, and here's hoping he gets there. As a golfer, he's just as talented. "Such a fluid motion," Luke Donald marveled. Not that that means he'll get to...

Who will win singles titles at Wimbledon?

2011-06-20 00:00:00

Federer a major threat Diane Pucin Los Angeles Times A year ago I didn't think Roger Federer had another major tournament win in him. But with the way he played at the French Open, making the finals, Federer stamped himself as the man most likely to...

Coffee Companion -- 6/6: O's drop series and Nadal reigns

2011-06-06 06:15:00

Each morning, Monday through Friday, I'll hook you up with reading material to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday -- that way I'll have an excuse to do the same at the start of mine.� � Running it back:...

Has Federer won his last Grand Slam title?

2011-07-01 00:00:00

Invincible no more Diane Pucin Los Angeles Times Roger Federer won't win another major title. There is always going to be a Jo-Wilfried Tsonga now, someone younger, who is a bigger hitter and fearless. Federer will have to be content with his 16...

Top two face off

2011-07-02 20:54:51

For the first time since the 2009 Australian Open, the top two seeded players will meet in the final of a Grand Slam tournament today when No. 1 seed Rafael Nadal, aiming for his 11th major title, plays No. 2 Novak Djokovic for the Wimbledon men's title....

Wozniacki the latest favorite to bite clay

2011-05-28 00:00:00

PRESS BOX

2009-11-12 00:00:00

•SWIMMING: Michael Phelps finished second in the 200-meter medley final at the short-course World Cup in Stockholm, struggling in the old-style swimsuit that will become standard next year. Phelps, who won a record eight gold medals at the 2008...

Rain clouds hang over Centre Court before a rain shower during the men's singles final tennis match between Andy Murray of Britain and Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London.

2013-04-23 04:43:19

Switzerland's Roger Federer returns the ball to Russia's Nikolay Davydenko during their ATP Dubai Open tennis quarter final match in the Gulf emirate on February 28, 2013.

2013-02-28 11:16:22

Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after beating France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their men's singles match on day ten of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 23, 2013.

2013-01-23 00:00:00