Wimbledon 2013 | Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky June 26, 2013

Wimbledon 2013 | Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky June 26, 2013

Wimbledon 2013 | Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky June 26, 2013

 Roger Federer will continue his Wimbledon campaign on Wednesday against Sergiy Stakhovsky. Federer suddenly has a wide-open draw thanks to the absence of Rafael Nadal.

Roger Federer and Sergiy Stakhovsky will be going head-to-head for the second time in their careers when they clash in the Wimbledon second round on Wednesday. Their only previous encounters came in the 2011 Dubai quarterfinals, with Federer cruising 6-3, 6-4.

Wimbledon 2013 | Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky June 26, 2013

The seven-time champion's Monday opener at the All-England Club was even more straightforward. He hammered Victor Hanescu 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in a mere one hour and nine minutes to kick off the proceedings on Centre Court. Federer, who is 27-7 for the season, has bounce back nicely from a blowout quarterfinal loss to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the French Open. Prior to his win over Hanescu, the world No. 3 captured a grass-court title in Halle.

Stakhovsky has been in mostly dreadful form ever since the start of last season. The Ukrainian registers down at No. 116 in the world and he is a mere 8-10 at the ATP level this year. Stakhovsky, though, capitalized on a favorable draw and crushed clay-courter Rogerio Dutra Silva 6-4, 6-0, 6-4 in his opener.

Wimbledon 2013 | Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky June 26, 2013

The good fortune, of course, is coming to an abrupt halt for the underdog now that Federer is on the other side of the net. Federer is a seven-time Wimbledon champion and he is a heavy favorite to reach at least the semifinals now that Rafael Nadal is out of the tournament. All signs point to a dominant three-set victory for the Swiss.

Wimbledon 2013 | Roger Federer v Sergiy Stakhovsky June 26, 2013

Wimbledon | Federer beats Hanescu June 24, 2013

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Wimbledon: Roger Federer advances

Wimbledon: Roger Federer advances

Ten years after his first Wimbledon championship, Roger Federer began his bid for a record eighth title at the All England Club on Monday with the same dominance that has defined his grass-court greatness.

Opening the tournament on Centre Court as defending champion, Federer looked right as home as he dismantled Victor Hanescu of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 in just 68 minutes.

This was a grass-court clinic from Federer, who had 32 winners, seven aces and just six unforced errors. He won 90 percent of the points when he put his first serve in.

 When his serve is clicking, Federer usually is unbeatable. On this day, he won 15 of his first service points and 24 out of the first 25.

 A year after stunning Rafael Nadal at Wimbledon, Lukas Rosol lost his first-round match against a qualifier ranked 121st. Rosol, who came in ranked 35th, was beaten 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4), 6-4 Monday by Germany's Julian Reister.

Federer vs Hanescu June 24, 2013

 Their match was on tiny Court 19, a short walk away from Centre Court, where the then 100th-ranked Rosol pulled off a surprising five-set victory over two-time Wimbledon champion Nadal in 2012's second round. Nadal then took a seven-month break from the tour because of a left knee injury. Against Reister, Rosol played the same sort of high-risk game he used so successfully against Nadal. This time, Rosol was not nearly as accurate, accumulating 74 unforced errors, 30 more than Reister.

 Last year, Roger Federer equaled Pete Sampras and William Renshaw with seven Wimbledon titles. He is now contending to become the first man to win the tournament eight times, which would bring his total of Grand Slam titles to 18. In keeping with tradition, Federer had the honor of playing the first match on the sport's biggest stage as the reigning men's champion. This was the seventh time he strode out first on Centre Court.

 "It's slightly different," he said. "Nine years ago when I came out the first time, it was the most special thing in the world. It still feels amazing. It was an absolute pleasure playing on Centre Court." Federer came out wearing a white collared jacket with orange trim, then quickly got down to business. He never faced a break point and broke six times. Federer has a habit of making things look easy. And so it was in the opening game when, stranded at the net, he reached behind him for a reflex forehand volley that landed in for a winner. In the third set, Federer lifted a perfect backhand lob over the 6-foot-6 Hanescu for a break and a 5-0 lead. Also scheduled on Centre Court was No. 2-seeded Andy Murray, playing Benjamin Becker of Germany. Murray, who lost to Federer in last year's final, beat the Swiss star a month later for the Olympic gold medal and won his first Grand Slam at the U.S. Open.

He is bidding again to become the first British player to win the men's Wimbledon trophy since Fred Perry in 1936. Two-time champion Rafael Nadal, seeded No. 5 this year, was paired against Steve Darcis of Belgium on Court No. 1. Nadal is coming off his eighth victory at the French Open.

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in French Open Semifinals June 4, 2013

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By looking at Roger Federer's standards, we can say that defeat came pretty early in the French Open.



The 17-time Grand Slam champion lost in the quarterfinals to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-5, 6-3, 6-3.


Tsonga will play against No.4-seeded David Ferrer, who defeated Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-2, 6-1, 6-1.

French Open: Roger Federer vs Gilles Simon Live Stream June 2, 2013

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Roger Federer will take on the challange of French Gilles Simon in the 4th Round on Sunday, June 2.

Roger Federer has defeated Simon in the last three meetings on hard courts and clay.

However, it it possible to see that Federer can be defeated by big hitters who on their day and manage to keep unforced errors under control. Though, Simon does not play that style. He sends back opponent’s shots by diverting the ball to the other corner of the court, in other words just reflecting. This means, his game is quite predictable.

Simon was pretty successful with his style five years ago when he entered into the top 10 and defeated Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic in 2008. Since then, his quality of play has significantly gone down and he has had no victories over the top 4. Simon probably will have the home advantage. However, Federer has had no disadvantage playing in any part of the globe against any opponent.