Roger Federer

Roger Federer produced the kind of win that would have you believe he’s found a way to master time as well as tennis.

Matthew Syed

Roger Federer was being compared to Anna Kournikova. This was not a compliment. He was 21. Anxious. Emotional. Soft.

Those who say the oft-injured, out of sorts legend should retire ignore the chances of seeing one last Wimbledon spell.

Matthew Syed

Roger Federer is out of the French Open due to injury, ending an astonishing run of consecutive Grand Slams.

Barry Flatman

Age has been a frequent topic of conversation during the Ashes, specifically the age of the visiting greybeard team.

Mike Atherton

Novak Djokovic was once described as “the third man” behind the duopoly occupied by Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.

Matthew Syed

William Skidelsky’s Federer and Me is an enjoyable, quirky memoir of his life as an obsessive Fedhead.

Edmund Gordon

ROGER FEDERER knows that the best part of a French crowd of 27,000 will hope that his back problem resurfaces.

Rick Broadbent

ROGER Federer is tennis’s king of cool — however his wife Mirka has been accused of heckling one of his opponents from the sidelines.

Rick Broadbent

THE Serb is desperate to reverse his recent Grand Slam record in tonight’s duel with the Swiss master.

BARRY FLATMAN

THERE are many reasons why we play sport, and here is one of the most important: sport gives us a chance to create beauty

Simon Barnes