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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 30: Roger Federer of Switzerland poses with the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning the 2017 Australian Open Men's Singles Final, on January 30, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

Game, set and match

Despite Melbourne hosting the Australian Open men’s final, The Age newspaper couldn’t get the event on its front page.

MARGIN CALLMargin Call

A general view of Rod Laver Arena is seen as Roger Federer of Switzerland serves during the Mens Singles Final against Rafael Nadal of Spain on day fourteen of the Australian Open, in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday Jan. 29, 2017. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Business VIPs take in the tennis

A who’s who of the business world packed into Rod Laver Arena to watch an epic Australian Open final last night.

The Times Sport

Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates at match point after beating Marin Cilic of Croatia in their men's singles match on day ten of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

Was this Roger’s finest moment?

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 of Switzerland waits to serve to Germany's Alexander Zverev , during their semifinal match at the Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament in Halle, Germany, Saturday, June 18, 2016. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)

Federer’s recovery bodes well

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

OPINIONThe Times Sport

HALLE, GERMANY - JUNE 18: Roger Federer of Switzerland says goodbye to the spectators after losing the half final match against Alexander Zverev of Germany during day six of the Gerry Weber Open at Gerry Weber Stadium on June 18, 2016 in Halle, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Starke/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Why Roger must not walk away

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

Matthew Syed

The Times Sport

The Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2016 - Day Five

Federer 65 and out

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

Barry Flatman

The Times Sport

Old heads could be Australia’s undoing

Age could be Australia’s downfall

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

Mike Atherton

The Times Sport

Serbia's Novak Djokovic is seen at the practice courts at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London, on June 28, 2015, on the eve of the start of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament. AFP PHOTO / JUSTIN TALLIS - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

‘Third man’ savours his time on top

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

Matthew Syed

Switzerland's Roger Federer celebrates after beating Andy Roddick of the US 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14, in the Men's Singles Final of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Tennis Club, in southwest London, on July 5, 2009. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA

Crazy about Federer

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

Edmund Gordon

Switzerland's Roger Federer, left, listens to compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka during the Davis Cup final draw in Lille, northern France, Thursday, Nov.20, 2014. Despite his bad back, Roger Federer will face Gael Monfils on Friday in the second singles match when Switzerland faces France in the Davis Cup final. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Federer left watching his back

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

Rick Broadbent

The Times Sport

Mirka Federer, Switzerland's Rodger Federer's wife, attends his semi-final singles match against Switzerland's Stanislas Wawrinka on day seven of the ATP World Tour Finals tennis tournament in London on November 15, 2014. AFP PHOTO/GLYN KIRK

Mirka in the middle

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 Times Sport

A combination of photographs created on July 5, 2014 shows Serbia's Novak Djokovic (L) returning during his men's singles second round match against Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek on day three of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships and Switzerland's Roger Federer (R) hitting a return during his men's singles third round match against Colombia's Santiago Giraldo on day six at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon, southwest London. Djokovic takes on seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in the men's singles final in the 2014 Wimbledon Championships on July 6, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREW YATES - RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE

Djokovic aims to turn the tide

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

BARRY FLATMAN

The Times Sport

Portrait of The Times journalist Simon Barnes, by Chris Harris, 01/11/06. Picture: Times The

Jolly Roger targets 18th slam

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

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