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June 7th 2006 11:21
ITF WORLD CHAMPION 2005
Roger was crowned the International Tennis Federation's World Champion for 2005. The award was handed to Roger at the annual World Champions Dinner in Paris on Tuesday night.
Roger is only the sixth man to be named ITF world champion in consecutive years, following in the footsteps of Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras and Lleyton Hewitt. He defended his Wimbledon and US Open titles, winning a total of 11 tournaments for the second consecutive season. He maintained the world number one ranking throughout the year, posting an 81-4 overall win-loss record.
The female player to take home the award was Kim Clijsters.
ATP - ROGER THROUGH TO THE SEMIS
Roger won his 26th Grand Slam match in a row, beating No. 12-seeded Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in Paris this afternoon.
This now brings Roger to his eighth consecutive semi-final at a major event, two shy of Ivan Lendl’s Open era record. “To make it to the semis was my first objective in Paris,” Roger said, anticipating a possible showdown Sunday against defending champion Rafael Nadal. “I’m much more relaxed now. There was enormous pressure at the start of the tournament, with everybody speaking about a final against Nadal, but first you have to win the matches before you get there.”
Roger's opponent on Friday will be No. 3-seeded David Nalbandian, who beat No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
With his 26th consecutive Grand Slam victory Roger has already overtaken Americans Pete Sampras as well as Jimmy Connors. The only one to be more succesful during the Open Era was Rod Laver, who won 29 matches between the Australian Open 1969 and Wimbledon 1970.
*article courtesy of www.rogerfederer.com, copyright, all rights reserved*.
Roger was crowned the International Tennis Federation's World Champion for 2005. The award was handed to Roger at the annual World Champions Dinner in Paris on Tuesday night.
Roger is only the sixth man to be named ITF world champion in consecutive years, following in the footsteps of Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Ivan Lendl, Pete Sampras and Lleyton Hewitt. He defended his Wimbledon and US Open titles, winning a total of 11 tournaments for the second consecutive season. He maintained the world number one ranking throughout the year, posting an 81-4 overall win-loss record.
The female player to take home the award was Kim Clijsters.
ATP - ROGER THROUGH TO THE SEMIS
Roger won his 26th Grand Slam match in a row, beating No. 12-seeded Mario Ancic 6-4, 6-3, 6-4 in Paris this afternoon.
This now brings Roger to his eighth consecutive semi-final at a major event, two shy of Ivan Lendl’s Open era record. “To make it to the semis was my first objective in Paris,” Roger said, anticipating a possible showdown Sunday against defending champion Rafael Nadal. “I’m much more relaxed now. There was enormous pressure at the start of the tournament, with everybody speaking about a final against Nadal, but first you have to win the matches before you get there.”
Roger's opponent on Friday will be No. 3-seeded David Nalbandian, who beat No. 6 Nikolay Davydenko 6-3, 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
With his 26th consecutive Grand Slam victory Roger has already overtaken Americans Pete Sampras as well as Jimmy Connors. The only one to be more succesful during the Open Era was Rod Laver, who won 29 matches between the Australian Open 1969 and Wimbledon 1970.
*article courtesy of www.rogerfederer.com, copyright, all rights reserved*.
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