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Roger Federer can play for four-five years, says former coach

A Grand Slam title might have eluded Roger Federer for two years now but there is no way that the 33 year old can be written off as a spent force, according to his former coach Tony Roche.

Roche said that the Swiss Master can play as long as he wants, especially on the mental side, adding that physically, he will be good enough t play at the top level for another four or five years at the very least.

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Carlos Berlocq Magical Win Against Gerald Melzer

The Aussie youngster Gerald Melzer was defeated by Carlos Berlocq of Argentina in the opening round of Erste Bank Open that is going on in the capital city of Austria.

It was only the 7th time that Gerald was featuring on the tour and considering his inexperience, he put up a good show.
In the first set yes, he was ordinary, but, thereafter, he pushed his opponent and at one point of time, he was threatening to take the match into the third set.

It wasn’t to be though as in the tie breaker, he lost it under pressure.

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Djokovic is a father

Ana Ivanovic is immensely happy to know that one of her old friends and no. 1 male tennis player in the world Novak Djokovic has become father.

Djokovic’s wife has recently given birth to a baby boy who has been named Stefan.

Stefan has proved to be a lucky charm for his father as the first tournament that Djokovic has played after his birth; he has won it and has won it hands down.
The 26-year old would want to finish the season with another title win in London.

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Sharipova Advances To Round 3

Anna Kournikova’s countrywoman, Maria Sharapova, made her way to round no. 3 in Toronto yesterday by getting better of Garbine Muguruza of Spain. The Russian star hadn’t started the match in the best possible way, but, she got herself back on track from the second set onwards and ended up securing the win.
In her next match, Sharapova will be up against another Spanish player i.e. Carla Suarez Navarro.
Speaking in the post match press conference, Sharapova said, “It was my first competitive match in a while. So, it took me a bit of time to get going.”

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Murray Makes Round of 16

Andy Murray has made his way to the Round of 16 in the Aegon Championships which is going on at the Queen’s Club, London. He beat Paul Henri Mathieu of France quite easily in the straight sets in his first match of the tournament.

This was Murray’s 19th win on the trot on grass courts. The last time that he had been beaten on a grassy surface in a singles match was 2 years ago in 2012. Roger Federer had beaten him back then in the final of the Wimbledon Championships.

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Mauresmo Hoping To Prove Female Ability

Amelie Mauresmo is not looking to prove that females are capable of working in the world of males. She is just looking to help Murray manage to defend his Wimbledon Championship crown.

Mauresmo has recently been appointed as the head coach of Murray and since then, there have been a lot of discussions going on in the tennis world regarding that. Various sorts of reactions are coming from all quarters.

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ISNER READY FOR REMATCH

John Isner & Nicolas Mahut have revealed that they are already for a rematch. The pair played the longest match in tennis history in 2010, taking place over three days, which American Isner won 6-4 3-6 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (7-3) 70-68.

This year’s first-round tie is the fourth match on Court Three on Tuesday, and Isner is the hot favourite according to the free tennis bets website.

Defending women’s champion Serena Williams is first on Centre Court against Aravane Rezai, followed by Roger Federer then Novak Djokovic.

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SHARAPOVA MOVES TO THE NEXT ROUND

Maria Sharapova became the favourite to win the women’s title of Roland Garros 2011 after moving to the fourth round. The seventh seeded Russian comfortably reached the last 16 with a 6-2 6-3 win over Taiwan qualifier Chan Yung-Jan.

Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska, 12th seed, eased past Belgium’s Yanina Wickmayer 6-4 6-4 to set up a clash with Sharapova.

Fourth seed Victoria Azarenka swept aside Roberta Vinci 6-3 6-2.

The 21-year-old from Belarus wrapped up her win in 66 minutes and will next play Russia’s Ekaterina Makarova who beat 16th seed Kaia Kanepi 6-4 7-5.

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FEDERER EQUALS SAMPRAS RECORD

Roger Federer equalled the record set by Pete Sampras for the most number of career single victories. Federer drew level with the seven-time Wimbledon champion on 762 wins by beating Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3 6-3 in the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

Only six men have won more matches than Federer and Sampras with American Jimmy Connors leading the way on 1,242.

Meanwhile, Andy Murray’s poor form continued as he and Novak Djokovic were beaten in the doubles in Miami.

The pair went down 5-7 6-3 10-8 to Sergiy Stakhovsky and Mikhail Youzhny in their last-32 clash.

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