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Roger Federer claimed his record 15th grand slam crown and sixth Wimbledon title as he beat Andy Roddick 5-7 7-6 7-6 3-6 16-14 in an epic final today.

Serena Williams kept telling herself she was facing just another foe in the Wimbledon final Saturday, just another woman who hits the ball quite hard, just another player trying to deny her a Grand Slam title.

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Five-time champion Roger Federer reached his seventh straight Wimbledon final Friday and will face Andy Roddick for a chance at a record 15th Grand Slam title.

Tommy Haas claimed his first spot in the Wimbledon semifinal, where he’ll meet Roger Federer, playing in his 21st consecutive Grand Slam semifinal.

Pete Sampras already figured Roger Federer would go down as the greatest tennis player in history. That Federer tied Sampras' record of 14 Grand Slam titles by winning the French Open on Sunday only reinforced that opinion. "What he's done over the past five years has never, ever been done -- and probably will never, ever happen again," Sampras said in a telephone interview with...

After being aggressively accosted by a man who ran onto the court, Roger Federer won the French Open, having defeated Robin Soderling, 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4.

Svetlana Kuznetsova defeated Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in an all-Russian final of the French Open on Saturday to take away her second Grand Slam title.

Roger Federer moved two victories away from completing a career Grand Slam at the French Open by beating 11th-seeded Gael Monfils of France 7-6 (6), 6-2, 6-4 Wednesday.

Serena Williams’s bid for a third consecutive Grand Slam title ended after losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals of the French Open.

Rafael Nadal needed 4 hours and 23 minutes to defeat Roger Federer, again thwarting Federer’s quest to match Pete Sampras’s 14 Grand Slam singles titles.