There’s a few things in life that are just a given. The grass is green, the sky is blue, and if Sportable is talking about tennis, it involves Roger Federer, the most dominant athlete in the world. The 25 year old sensation took another step towards the title of “best ever,” defeating his nemesis Rafael [...]
Every dominant athlete has their nemesis. Peyton Manning had Tom Brady, Magic had Bird, Tiger Woods had Duval Mickelson Singh. Roger Federer, the best tennis player on earth and (possibly) ever, has Rafael Nadal. At the French Open Final in Paris earlier today, Federer had the chance to earn that last piece of hardware. He [...]
The French Open begins this weekend in Paris and you’d be hard-pressed to find any contenders not named Federer or Nadal. After the stunts pulled by American Mardy Fish, you can eliminate one more challenger from the list. Fish sprained his foot while preparing for the French Open kicking field goals with the Rhein Fire [...]
Just a week before the world’s best tennis players gather in France, Roger Federer earned a huge morale boost in Hamburg. You might think it’s impossible for the world’s top player (and one of the best ever) to ever need a match to gain confidence. But this was it. Federer snapped Rafael Nadal’s 81 match [...]