The good town folk of Basel were in for a treat this last weekend, or so they thought. Basel resident and favorite son Roger Federer lost in three sets to Novak Djokovic 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 bringing to a close what had started off as a pretty good year for the greatest tennis pro off all time. Well there's always the Barclays end of year Master's Series in London to redeem himself before taking a much needed vacation.
So what went wrong? Have the top dogs found a chink in Federer's… Continue
Added by Ady on November 10, 2009 at 6:39pm —
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We preview the next seven days on the WTA and ATP Tours with events in Basel, Lyon, St Petersburg, Linz and Luxembourg.
ATP Davidoff Swiss Indoors
Where? Basel, Switzerland
Surface? Indoor carpet
Prizemoney? €891,000
Draw size? 32 singles, 16 doubles pairs
Big names? Roger Federer, David Nalbandian, Juan Martin Del Potro, James Blake, Stanislas Wawrinka
2007 champion? Roger Federer
Sub-plot? Up until late last week, it was all… Continue
Added by Tennishead on October 20, 2008 at 5:30am —
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