Federer-Nadal rivalry restored heading into Paris
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...it's collective head and asking, "Hey, how did he do that?" "He," of course, is Roger Federer, who pounded Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 6-4 in the final of the first-ever Madrid...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 18, 2009Gasquet continues to screw up his career
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Federer" after he first appeared on the radar in 2002, when, two months before his 16th birthday, he beat ATP pro Franco Squillari. The sobriquet seemed a prophecy when he scored an upset of Roger...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 11, 2009It's all going to work out perfectly for Federer
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comIt used to be that Roger Federer thrived in the thin atmosphere up at the peak of the game, but the beleaguered former...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 04, 2009Perhaps it was Federer who learned a lesson
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comMischa Zverev gave Roger Federer all he could handle in the first set of their Italian Open encounter on Friday, and...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 01, 2009Let's accord doubles the love it deserves
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...potentially embarrassing loss to a tiny Switzerland team that didn't even have the services of Roger Federer. And in Sunday's Fed Cup semifinal, Liezel Huber and Bethanie Mattek-Sands propelled the U...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 27, 2009Who wants another old-fashion Nadal whippin'?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...The Fab Four who own wins over him in that period are: Gaston Gaudio, Igor Andreev, Roger Federer and Juan Carlos Ferrero. The win must have been cold comfort for Ferrero, because he's...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009Safina the beneficiary of a failed system
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comAll right, I'll be the first to admit that I get all warm and fuzzy thinking about how nice it is that, for the first time ever, a brother and sister ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 20, 2009Rog, take a break and clear your head
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comRoger Federer lost to Stanislas Wawrinka, his Olympic Games doubles partner, in Monte Carlo on Thursday -- in a...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 17, 2009Five imperative questions heading into the clay
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...has established himself as the greatest hard-court threat to the three men ranked above him (Roger Federer, Nadal, Novak Djokovic), and he's already eclipsed the third of those Grand Slam champions. During...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 10, 2009We have learned that we have a lot to learn
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...side, the dominant theme is that Rafael Nadal is in command; he's pulling away from Roger Federer, and though Andy Murray is closing the gap with surprising speed, the upcoming clay-court season...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009Interlopers threaten Nadal-Fed finals party
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comKEY BISCAYNE, Fla. -- Just as we got settled in and comfy, ready to savor the Roger Federer-versus-Rafael Nadal rivalry, a few interested parties began to bang on the door, call the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 03, 2009Dent begins Phase II with peace of mind
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...a stand-up guy. The two of them sat around, shooting the breeze and talking about Roger Federer, Pete Sampras, the WTA players and Dent's beloved Los Angeles Lakers. Two years and two...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 31, 2009Can Fed handle Murray's bag of tricks?
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...months unfurl toward Roland Garros. Thus, you can look at the upcoming Indian Wells semifinal between Roger Federer and Andy Murray as a bellwether match that will suggest just how alertly Federer must glance...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 20, 2009"Top" WTA players failing to seize the opportunity
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.com...Series event of the year (the BNP Paribas Open currently under way at Indian Wells) concerned Roger Federer's back, the main theme that has emerged so far has been the chaos at the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 16, 2009For better or worse, papa Fed will have full plate
Peter Bodo, TENNIS.comAbout 48 hours ago, Darren Cahill announced that he'd turned down the job as Roger Federer's coach, even though the two men apparently got along like a house on fire during...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 13, 2009TOP SEARCHES IN NOVEMBER
Bowl Projections tops ESPN.com searches in November. Did "roger federer" make the list?