You're competing at Wimbledon, so you haven't gone home to China since you won the French Open. What do you expect the reception to be? I knew if I went back to China, many people would come to me and be crazy. So I [stayed] in Munich for four days and turned off my phone. After Melbourne I went back to China, and I couldn't concentrate on the tennis court. I didn't want to make the same mistake. One ...

Roger Federer exclusively told CNN that the stunning shot he executed in his U.S. Open semifinal against Novak Djokovic was the best of his career. The world number one produced a near-faultless performance to defeat fourth seed Djokovic in straight sets to reach his sixth consecutive U.S. Open Final at Flushing Meadows, but it was an outrageous shot to set up match point that will be most remembered. It came with Djokovic serving at 6-5 down in the third set. ...

Top seed Roger Federer fended off a resurgent 12th seed Robin Soderling with two razor-thin tie-breaking sets to reach the U.S. Open semifinals 6-0, 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 7-6 (8-6). Federer on Wednesday unleashed 28 aces and kept unforced errors to 26, compared with his Swedish opponent's 45, to pull the win. Federer succeeded in winning 86 percent on his first serve alone. The Swiss tennis player is seeking his sixth consecutive U.S. Open win, which would cap a year in ...

Federer on Wednesday unleashed 28 aces and kept unforced errors to 26, compared with his Swedish opponent's 45, to pull the win. Federer succeeded in winning 86 percent on his first serve alone. The Swiss tennis player is seeking his sixth consecutive U.S. Open win, which would cap a year in which he won the French Open and Wimbledon titles and was Australian Open runner up. Such a win would equal the feat set by American Bill Tilden ...

World number two Andy Murray handily beat U.S. wildcard Taylor Dent 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 in third-round action at the U.S. Open. Murray had more than three times as many aces -- seven compared with Dent's two -- and half Dent's unforced errors -- 13 compared with 27 Sunday night. The match was a vindication of sorts for Murray, who won his earlier match over former training partner, Chile's Paul Capdeville, ranked 87 in the world, after losing a second set. ...

Defending champion Serena Williams cruised into the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open on Sunday with a crushing 6-2 6-0 win over Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova. The second seed will now play either Vera Zvonareva of Russia or in-form Italian Flavia Pennetta for a place in the last four. It was a routine win for the tournament favorite -- in stark contrast to the New York hopes of Russian trio Dinara Safina, Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva who have all crashed ...

Roger Federer sent out an ominous message to his rivals by claiming the Masters 1000 tournament in Cincinnati with a straight sets demolition of Novak Djokovic in the final on Sunday. Federer was playing his second tournament since returning to the ATP Tour circuit after becoming the father of twin girls and was back to his peerless best ahead of the U.S. Open at Flushing Meadow next week. The Swiss maestro swept aside world number two Andy Murray in straight ...

Andy Murray clinched the No. 2 world ranking in men's tennis despite struggling with his serve in Saturday's semifinal victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Montreal Masters. The British third seed won 6-4 7-6 (10-8) in the Canadian hardcourt event to overtake Rafael Nadal and set up a final clash with either American fifth seed Andy Roddick or sixth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro. Nadal, who lost the No. 1 ranking to Roger Federer when he was unable to play ...

Rafael Nadal made his return to competitive tennis after a two-and-a-half month layoff with a doubles victory at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Nadal teamed up with fellow Spaniard Francisco Roig to beat the Serbian pairing of Novak Djokovic and Dusan Vemic 7-5 6-4 in a first round match. World number two Nadal has not played since losing in the fourth round of the French Open to Robin Soderling, troubled by tendinitis in both knees which caused him to skip ...

Juan Martin Del Potro edged top seed Andy Roddick to successfully defend his Legg Mason Classic title in Washington with a 3-6 7-5 7-6 victory in Sunday's final. The Argentine produced five aces in the deciding tiebreaker which he took on his fourth match-point when the Hawk-Eye review system upheld a forehand winner. "I did my best services ever in my life," Del Potro told the official ATP Tour Web site www.atpworldtour.com after making 19 aces in the grueling two ...