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The article reports that tennis player Novak Djokovic has defeated Roger Federer on their final game at the ATP World Tour Finals in London, England on November 12, 2012.

The article reports on the advances of Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer to the championship match at the ATP finals in London, England on November 12, 2012.

The article reports that American tennis player Sam Querrey has defeated Serbian counterpart Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Paris Masters tournament.

Tommy Haas, a 34-year-old wild card, defeated the five-time champion Roger Federer, 7-6 (5), 6-4, to win the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. Haas, who was once ranked No. 2 but is now 87th, beat Federer in two of their first three meetings early in their careers but had not defeated him in their nine meetings over more than a decade. The American Melanie Oudin received a wild card into Wimbledon. Oudin was a quarterfinalist at the 2009 United States Open but has struggled to regain that form. On Sunday, she reached the final at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England, against Jelena Jankovic after both players won quarterfinal and semifinal matches. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PARIS It did not seem fair, what happened on Court Suzanne Lenglen on Sunday afternoon, where Roger Federer advanced to his 32nd straight Grand Slam quarterfinal at the expense of an opponent who looked more like Harry Potter, or perhaps Federer's own son. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS -- On Wednesday, Court Philippe Chatrier at the French Open featured the usual characters, some of the world's best and best-known tennis players. It also showcased someone named Brian Baker, whom even Roger Federer said he first heard of last week. Earlier in the day, top-seeded Victoria Azarenka won easily on Chatrier, Roland Garros's showcase court. She was followed by Federer, who required a fourth set to move into the third round. The third match, though, could not have been predicted as recently as a week ago, least of all by Baker. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PARIS - Brian Baker's improbable tennis comeback story continued Monday, with a straight-set victory in the first round of the French Open. In a career interrupted for six years by injury, which included five major surgeries, the highlight prior to this month was Baker's run to the boys' singles final in 2003 here at Roland Garros. On Monday, against Xavier Malisse of Belgium, Baker won his first Grand Slam match since 2005, 6-3, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Roger Federer won the Madrid Open for the third time, rallying past Tomas Berdych, 3-6, 7-5, 7-5, on Sunday and overtaking Rafael Nadal for the No. 2 ranking behind Novak Djokovic. Federer prevailed on the tournament's new blue clay court, which Djokovic and Nadal each blamed for their early exits. On the women's side, Serena Williams served 14 aces and overpowered top-ranked Victoria Azarenka, 6-1, 6-3, to capture the title. Azarenka, who had won her four previous tournaments, was so exasperated that she smashed her racket to the ground. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Serena Williams will meet Victoria Azarenka in the final of the Madrid Open on Sunday. In the semifinals, Williams beat the qualifier Lucie Hradecka, 7-6 (5), 6-0, and Azarenka ousted fourth-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2, 6-4. Tomas Berdych edged Juan Martin del Potro, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (6), to reach the men's final against Roger Federer, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over Janko Tipsarevic. Sam Groth, an Australian ranked 340th, hit the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, 163 miles per hour, during a Challenger event in Busan, South Korea. (REUTERS) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The clay will be blue at the Madrid Open this year, and that has Rafael Nadal seeing red. Tennis champions, particularly those as ritualistic as Nadal, are often resistant to change. Why embrace anyone's tinkering with the domain you rule? Roger Federer, at the height of his dominance, was no fan of electronic line calling when it was introduced in 2006 and has been challenging it with little enthusiasm and limited success ever since. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

On the verge of victory Saturday, Roger Federer stopped playing when he thought a pivotal point had ended. He mistook a fan's shout for a linesman's call, which cost him the game. Play continued for another 25 minutes before Federer finally closed out his opening match at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla., beating the 19-year-old American Ryan Harrison, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Serena Williams moved into the fourth round by beating Roberta Vinci of Italy, 6-2, 6-1. Maria Sharapova, seeded second, beat the American qualifier Sloane Stephens, 6-4, 6-2. Kim Clijsters, coming back from an ankle injury, lost to No. 23 Yanina Wickmayer, 6-4, 7-6 (5). On the men's side, Novak Djokovic improved to 7-0 against Marco Baghdatis by winning, 6-4, 6-4. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Roger Federer has not won a Grand Slam title in more than two years, but he continued his somewhat more subtle recent assault on the record books Sunday. On a cold, windy day, Federer claimed his record-tying 19th Masters 1000 title, beating John Isner, 7-6 (7), 6-3, in the final of the BNP Paribas Open. The championship was Federer's fourth at Indian Wells, but his first since winning three straight from 2004 to 2006. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Roger Federer edged Andy Murray, 7-5, 6-4, to win his fifth Dubai Championships title. Federer did not drop a set all week. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Roger Federer attacked. Rafael Nadal defended, perhaps better than he has defended before, which is quite a thought considering how many balls Nadal has hunted down in the corners of the world's great tennis stadiums. Marvels were often required in this Australian Open semifinal, and Nadal delivered often enough to extend his career edge over his archrival with a stirring 6-7 (5), 6-2, 7-6 (5), 6-4 victory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal may have never played one another with less on the line. Aside from being the first time in 26 meetings that neither Federer nor Nadal was ranked No.1, the round-robin format of the ATP World Tour Finals in London meant that either man could lose this match and still go on to win the tournament. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Roger Federer, seeking a record sixth title at the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals, weathered a barrage of big hitting by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to begin his title defense with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 win in London. Rafael Nadal needed three hours to defeat Mardy Fish, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Roger Federer, the defending champion, beat Kei Nishikori, 6-1, 6-3, in the Swiss Indoors in his hometown, Basel, for his first title in 10 months. Nishikori, ranked 32nd, beat No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. Ana Ivanovic successfully defended her WTA Tournament of Champions title with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Anabel Medina-Garigues in Nusa Dua, Indonesia. (AP) [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Novak Djokovic fought back from losing the first set to beat Marcos Baghdatis, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, in the Swiss Indoors quarterfinals in Basel. He stayed on course to meet Roger Federer in the final for a third straight year. Federer beat Andy Roddick, 6-3, 6-2. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In Thursday's afternoon matches at the United States Open, the winners were the top contenders who advanced with dazzling efficiency and the losers were the people who bought tickets to Arthur Ashe Stadium hoping the matches might actually involve sweating. But while Roger Federer and Serena Williams were bludgeoning their opponents off the main court in a combined 126 minutes, the fans looking for a fantastic match stuffed into Armstrong Stadium next door to watch a mesmerizing slugfest between seventh-seeded Gael Monfils of France and Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WIMBLEDON, England -- Pete Sampras, the greatest men's player of the 1990s, has had to be a good sport as his records, which appeared poised to last for decades, have tumbled like dominoes to the all-surface pressure applied by Roger Federer. But Sampras still has the historical edge on the grass at Wimbledon. Federer, a six-time champion at the All England Club, remains one title behind his American friend Sampras. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, the acrobatic Frenchman, made certain it stayed that way by managing what no man had against Federer in a Grand Slam tournament. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal usually receives a trophy when he defeats Roger Federer. This time, the reward is a chance to play No. 2 Novak Djokovic Sunday in the Sony Ericsson Open final in Miami. Nadal advanced with surprising ease Friday, drubbing an erratic Federer, 6-3, 6-2. Nadal never lost serve and converted four of five break-point chances. Earlier, Djokovic stretched his winning streak to 25 matches by beating Mardy Fish, 6-3, 6-1. ''I don't feel invincible,'' Djokovic said. ''What I feel is big confidence. What I feel is that I'm playing best tennis of my life.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the first set Saturday to beat Juan Martin del Potro, 6-4, 6-4, and advance to the BNP Paribas Open final in Indian Wells, Calif. Nadal ended a three-match losing streak to Del Potro. In Sunday's final, Nadal will play Novak Djokovic, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 winner over Roger Federer. Djokovic will replace Federer at No. 2 in the rankings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

ROGER FEDERER is getting teased, and not just because he lost the U.S. Open last week to Juan Martin del Potro. He is being mocked for his terrible eye. He challenged more calls in the U.S. Open than any other competitor, and yet he had one of the lowest success rates of any of the top players. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on the frequent loss of tennis player Robin Soderling when competing against Roger Federer. The match between the two players in September 2009 will mark the third straight time that Soderling will reach the fourth phase at a Grand Slam event. Soderling lost to Federer when they competed at the French Open in France and Wimbledon in England. He won only one of the 25 sets he played against Federer since 2004.

The fifth set will always be remembered as an all-time marathon and an exclamation point to the most cherished record in tennis. But the second set was when Roger Federer, on the brink of falling into a two-set hole to Andy Roddick, reminded Pete Sampras that he hadn't come all the way from Los Angeles to congratulate the first American Wimbledon winner since Sampras won here in 2000. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Roger Federer got a badly needed confidence boost ahead of the French Open, beating top-ranked Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 6-4, on Sunday to win the Madrid Open for his first title of the season. The second-ranked Federer broke a sluggish Nadal once in both sets before firing his sixth ace to win his 15th Masters Series title on the second match point. Federer also won in Madrid in 2006 when the event was played indoors on a hardcourt. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on the victory of tennis player Pete Sampras over Roger Federer during a match played on November 24, 2007. The match was a part of a three-match Asian exhibition series between the two players. Sampras told the spectators after his win that he would not stage a comeback from retirement.

The article focuses on several matches played during the Masters Cup tennis tournament on November 16, 2007. The tournament is being held in Shanghai, China. Tennis player Roger Federer defeated Andy Roddick in straight sets. Nikolay Davydenko won a match played by him against Fernando González. González said that he was tired while playing the match.

The article offers news briefs related to various sports. Tennis player Roger Federer was named the number one seed for the tennis tournament U.S. Open Championships to be played in the year 2007. Tennis players Tommy Robredo and Elena Dementieva won the matches played by them during the Pilot Pen tennis tournament on August 20, 2007. Dominique Douglas and Anthony Bowman, members of the football team of the University of Iowa, have been suspended from the team.

The article offers news briefs related to various tennis tournaments. Tennis player Roger Federer defeated Nicolas Almagro during the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament on August 17, 2007. Federer will play against Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals of the event. Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated tennis player Nadia Petrova during the Rogers Cup tennis tournament. Tennis player Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Pilot Pen tournament.

The article offers news briefs related to tennis. Tennis player Roger Federer defeated Marcos Baghdatis to enter the quarterfinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters tennis tournament on August 16, 2007. Tennis player Justine Henin-Hardenne defeated Shuai Peng during the Rogers Cup tournament on the same day. According to the United States Tennis Association, eight tennis players have been awarded wild-card entries into the women's singles event of the U.S. Open Championships.

The article offers news briefs related to various sports. Tennis player Roger Federer defeated Daniele Bracciali during the Dubai Open tennis tournament in the United Arab Emirates on February 28, 2007. The football team Chicago Bears has extended its contract with its coach Lovie Smith by four years. The soccer team Blackburn defeated the Arsenal team on February 28, 2007.

The article offers news briefs related to various tennis tournaments played in Australia in January 2007. Tennis player James Blake won the Sydney International tennis tournament in Australia. Blake defeated Carlos Moya in the final match of the tournament that was played on January 13, 2007. Tennis player Andy Roddick defeated Roger Federer in the final of the Kooyong Classic tennis tournament that was held in Melbourne, Victoria.

The article focuses on the victory of tennis player Roger Federer over Andy Roddick during the Tennis Masters Cup, a tennis tournament played on November 14, 2006. Federer won the match in three sets. He said that it was a very close match. Roddick said that his performance has improved during the last four or five months.

The article offers news briefs related to the performance of several tennis players during various tennis tournaments. Tennis player Roger Federer defeated Paradorn Srichapan of Thailand to reach the final of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland. Tennis player Mario Ancic defeated Ernest Gulbis to reach the final of the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament.