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Roger Federer, Southampton And The Williams Sisters

... Roger Federer. Antoine Griezmann Griezmann isn't the only footballer taking part, with Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi voicing The Flash. Anthony Martial. Dimitri Payet. What advice did Johnny Manziel have for Donald Trump this week. 'Stay away from the notifications section on Twitter, lead the country, let them hate, control what you can control and let the rest fall by the wayside' Trump had some advice of his own, tweeting: 'Teams are making a big mistake not taking Johnny Manziel – he is going to be really good (and exciting to watch).'. 'Eat dirt'. 'Build a wall between the US and Canada'. 'Cut taxes for the top 1% #self-interest'. Who did England manager Eddie Jones pick out as his team's world-class player in the build-up to the Six Nations. Dylan Hartley. He said there are no world-class players in his team Treat them mean; keep them keen. Where is The Jackal meeting The Earthquake this weekend. New York City. Las Vegas ...

Rafael Nadal-roger Federer Head-to-head

... 6-4, 6-1. 2008 Monte-Carlo Masters, clay-outdoor, F, Nadal, 7-5, 7-5. 2008 Hamburg Masters, clay-outdoor, F, Nadal, 7-5, 6-7 (3), 6-3. 2008 French Open, clay-outdoor, F, Nadal, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0. 2008 Wimbledon, grass-outdoor, F, Nadal, 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-7 (8), 9-7. 2009 Australian Open , hard-outdoor, F, Nadal, 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-2. 2009 Madrid Masters, clay-outdoor, F, Federer, 6-4, 6-4. 2010 Madrid Masters, clay-outdoor, F, Nadal, 6-4, 7-6 (5). 2010 Tour Championship-London, hard-indoor, F, Federer, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1. 2011 Miami Masters, hard-outdoor, SF, Nadal, 6-3, 6-2. 2011 Madrid Masters, clay-outdoor, SF, Nadal, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3. 2011 French Open, clay-outdoor, F, Nadal, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 5-7, 6-1. 2011 Tour Championship-London, hard-indoor, RR, Federer, 6-3, 6-0. 2012 Australian Open, hard-outdoor, SF, Nadal, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4. 2012 Indian Wells Masters, hard-outdoor, SF, Federer, 6-3, 6-4. 2013 Indian Wells Masters, hard-outdoor, QF, Nadal, 6-4, 6-2. 2013 Rome Masters, clay-outdoor, F, Nadal, 6-1, 6-3. 2013 Cincinnati Masters, hard-outdoor, QF, Nadal, 5-7, 6-4, 6-3. 2013 Tour Championship-London, hard-indoor, SF, Nadal, 7-5, 6-3. 2014 Australian Open, ...

Roger Federer Vs Rafael Nadal, Australian Open Final, Result

... it, has to keep it to the single break. Needs a quick service hold. Finds the line with the backhand and moves to 30-0. Make it 40. Backhand winner across the court, and he stays in touch easily. Federer *6-4, 3-6, 6-1, 3-6, 0-2 Nadal. Into the net from Federer at the net and Nadal on the march. But he as he rips a forehand he only finds the net. Let-off. And net-cord goes against him, teeing up Federer for a backhand winner. 15-30. Huge backhand again and an enormous cheer from the Swiss. Two break back points. Into the net with the backhand on the first. 30-40. Enormous forehand from Nadal, right in the corner! Deuce. The body serve tactic is working right now. What luck for Federer, net cord goes his way and bounces on Nadal's side. It's break point No 3. Brilliant from Nadal, puts his opponent on the back foot straight away and doesn't let up. Finds the forehand winner in the corner. Tonking ...

Eddie Jones Evokes Donald Trump, Roger Federer And Richie Mccaw As He Talks About Mindsets

... he could do everything and that is how the great players evolve. I am not saying I am a great coach but what I want to make sure of is our team keeps changing.". In his latest round of interviews, Jones has explained how he achieved such great success with the England team within months of taking the helm. They have had 13 successive test victories, including last season's Grand Slam and 3-0 series victory in Australia in June. Ad Feedback. "I just changed their mindsets, that's all,' he told the Mail on Sunday. "You have to give them a reason to change. In sport, the biggest reason is because you want to be great. So, as the coach, you need a clear vision of what will make them great and you bombard them with that until they believe it. 'My vision was that they should be more 'English', so I kept repeating the message in different ways. One day I put mustard on it, the next day I put tomato sauce on it - ...

Roger Federer Vs. Rafael Nadal? Serena Williams Vs. Venus Williams? Tiger Vs. Torrey? 5 Things To Watch This Weekend

... "After everything that Venus has been through with her illness and stuff, I just can't help but feel like it's a win-win situation for me," Serena, 35, said of Venus, 36. It's a win-win situation for sports fans. Well, other than the fact that both matches will start at 3:30 a.m. ET (The women's final on Saturday and the men's final on Sunday). But hey, that's what DVR is for. 4. Thunder vs. Cavaliers: The reigning NBA champs come in slumping and with star player/GM Le Bron James calling for changes. However, the Cavs still have a 19-5 record at home and a comfortable lead in the Eastern Conference standings. More importantly, this is one of just two meetings between two of the most likely candidates to win NBA MVP. Despite being snubbed from being a Western Conference All-Star, Russell Westbrook is the league's leading scorer and is averaging(!) a triple-double. He'll be extra motivated to put on a show on the King's court. 5. The NFL Pro Bowl: Just kidding. We're waiting for the real game next week. ...

Roger Federer's Secret Sauce

... Spencer/Getty Images. You can glimpse at 7-year-old twins, Myla and Charlene, sitting in the player box at Roland Garros, working feverishly on their coloring books or jumping in puddles on High Street in Wimbledon Village. The 2-year-old twins, Leo and Lenny, invariably are fussed over by a nanny or two, their mother, Mirka, and sometimes Federer's parents. "He is a player that loves the lifestyle," observed two-time US Open champion Tracy Austin, a Tennis Channel analyst. "So many players stop because they don't. Roger seems to thrive in all of that. He's a hometown favorite wherever he goes, and everything just seems to wash off his back.". Godsick has seen the evolution of Federer as a family man. "A lot of people get bogged down by the travel, but he's the opposite," Godsick said. "He embraces it and has friends all around the world. The kids have friends all around the world, and they look forward to revisiting those cities where they've been welcomed.". Tennis, of course, is the ...

Roger Federer Beats Rafael Nadal For 18th Grand Slam Title

... two players are famous for. Nadal went up an early break and it seemed as if the injury time-out Federer needed after the fourth set may have been an indicator of things to come. But the Swiss star rallied, and broke back in a pivotal sixth game and took control in a period when he won 10 straight points. Nadal saved three break points in the eighth game but lost momentum again when Federer finished off a 26-shot rally — the longest of the match — with a forehand winner down the line. Consecutive forehand errors gave Federer the pivotal break for 5-3, but Nadal made him work for the very last point. Serving for the match, Federer had to save two break points with an ace and a forehand winner. At deuce, he was called for a double-fault but challenged the out call on his second serve. The call was overturned, and he got to play two. Not long after, he fired an ace to get his second match point and hit a forehand crosscourt winner to finish off. His celebrations were ...

Cherish Silky Federer While We Can

... "I sit that one out and now I'm feeling the pressure of having to perform on the hard courts heading into the clay. "I know that clay's not realistic for me and so the pressure gets to me over the hard courts. I don't put up good results and now I have one last stretch of hard courts (before the US Open). "The end happens fast.". Still believing Federer can add to his all-time record 17 Grand Slam singles titles, Agassi isn't expecting the Swiss superstar to suffer the same abrupt decline as he did. But he hopes fans lock in and savour his rare gifts, just in case he does. Roger Federer screams in delight after sinking Kei Nishikori for a place in the last eight. SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images. "Roger has gotten me to stop predicting anything, quite frankly," Agassi said. "Because I never in a million years would have thought ...

Roger Federer Beats Rafael Nadal At Aussie Open To Win 18th Grand Slam Title

... watched the replay on the stadium screen, and leaped for joy when it showed his last shot was in. His 100 th match at the Australian Open ended with his fifth title at Melbourne Park. “Congratulation to Roger. Just amazing, the way he’s playing after such a long time of him not being on the tour,” Nadal said. “For sure, you have been working a lot to make that happen. So congratulations.”. Nadal spent two months recovering from a left wrist injury before heading to Brisbane for a warmup tournament. He had no expectations of reaching the final in Australia. “I had some hard time not being able to compete in full condition. some injuries, well not new for me,” Nadal said. “I fight a lot these two weeks. Today, a great match, probably Roger deserved it a little bit more than me.”. No two players had met more often in Grand Slam finals in the Open era, and Nadal had previously dominated. But they hadn’t met in a major final since the 2011 French Open, won ...

Does Tennis Legend Have One More Run Left

... three major finals during that time. He does not hit his groundstrokes with the same angular sting, nor is he as explosive in his movement that often resembles a waltz on the court. Tennis' magic man likely needs to defend a semifinal appearance from last year's Australian Open to stay inside the top 20. Yet, it is incredibly hard to doubt Roger Federer. The guy has been so unbelievably good for so long, creating a face for tennis that has never gone away. His talent was never a secret, as he beat four-time defending Wimbledon champion Pete Sampras at the All England Club in 2001 when he was just 19 years old. It wasn't like he just came out of nowhere; we've known this whole time. Sampras certainly did. "There are a lot of young guys coming up, and Roger is one of them," Sampras said after the match. "But I think he's a little extra special than some of the other guys.". It is rare in sports that a young gun is a sport's shining star as well. Yet, Federer's peers widely revered him at a young age. "I think he's the guy that all of us are chasing," 2003 U. S. Open champion Andy Roddick said after losing to Federer at a warm-up tournament for the ...

Roger Federer Optimistic Leg Injury Will Not Hinder Australian Open Title Hopes

... one of them. You just can't win back to back. "That's where both, I guess, Rafa and myself said, 'Okay, enough of this already. Let's get back to 100 per cent, enjoy tennis again, enjoy the practice. Not just practice, treatment, practice, treatment, match, treatment'. "All the time all you're doing is fighting the fire. From that standpoint, yeah the six months definitely gave me something in return.". Video - Highlights as Federer reaches his sixth Australian Open final. Fans at Melbourne Park made clear their preference for a vintage Federer-Nadal final, cheering when the Spaniard's name was mentioned in the post-match interview on court. While a ninth major final showdown between the pair remains a mouthwatering prospect, however, Federer may be cheering on Dimitrov, given he has won all five of his previous meetings ...

Roger Federer Looks Invincible In Dominant Win Against Tomas Berdych

... biggest hitters in the men’s game, had no credible answers for the can-do-no-wrong Federer, who walloped the Czech 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 in 1 hour, 30 minutes. “I didn’t expect it, to be honest, especially not this kind of a scoreline,” said the 35-year-old Federer, on the comeback trail from injury.  “I think it was a great mental test for me to see if I could stay in the match, point for point, keep rolling. “It’s wonderful,” he added. “I’m really happy.”. All the 31-year-old Berdych could do against the 17-time Grand Slam champion  is look shell-shocked. To his credit, what he didn’t do is behave like a spoiled brat — he didn’t get frustrated, didn’t smash a racket or do any of those childish acts we sometimes see by those being bullied on a court. MORE TENNIS. Venus Williams takes high road while addressing ESPN commentator. “It was very impressive,” Berdych said. “He knows what he’s doing and if he wouldn’t be able to compete at the highest level he wouldn’t be here. I was put on my back foot with every single shot and I just ...