The display of tears from one of sports' greatest rivalries came during the tennis great's final professional match Friday Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 and his work has appeared in ...

Roger Federer enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career in 2017, winning two Grand Slam titles. The Swiss maestro, who went on to win 20 Grand Slam titles before his retirement in 2022, defeated Rafael Nadal in the Australian Open final and Marin Cilic in the Wimbledon showpiece event.

Roger Federer’s last tennis match ended in a narrow defeat. Following his retirement announcement on Sept. 15, Federer laced up his tennis shoes one last time in a doubles match with Rafael Nadal at the Laver Cup in London on Friday. However, the Team ...

Novak Djokovic might not be the name everyone is tipping for glory at this year’s U.S. Open, but don’t be fooled — he’s already making headlines. The Serbian legend, a four-time champion in New York, came into the tournament flying under the radar ...

Roger Federer won 103 total titles as a professional tennis player. The very first came when he was 19 and beat Julien Boutter 6-4, 6-7 (7), 6-4 on an indoor hard court in Milan, Italy, in February 2001. Federer, who announced his retirement at age 41 on ...

Roger Federer is a sporting icon, known for his decorum on and off the tennis court. The 20-time Grand Slam champion, who retired from his playing career in 2022, won his first major honour in 2003 at Wimbledon. Federer went on to win eight Wimbledon ...

PARIS -- Stepping on center court to take on 88th-ranked Damir Dzumhur, Roger Federer was on his guard. The 17-time Grand Slam champion had been caught cold at a previous French Open by a player ranked as low as the 23-year-old Bosnian, and Federer made ...