By Caroline Cameron For Roger Federer fans, it’s a crushing loss. In their 27th career meeting, Rafael Nadal beat Federer 6-7(5), 6-2, 7-6(5), 6-4 in the Australian Open semifinals.  Nadal is now 18-9 against Federer. Despite their match record, Federer came into the semis as the favourite.  Federer ended 2011 on a 17 match win [...]

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By Caroline Cameron Get ready tennis fans. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will continue their rivalry, this time in the Australian Open semifinals.  This will be their 27th career meeting and they haven’t met in a Grand Slam semi since the 2005 French Open. The last time the two former world No. 1s met was [...]

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By Caroline Cameron It was the start Milos Raonic was hoping for at the Australian Open. In only 1h31, Milos hit 13 aces and 13 winners to easily beat Filippo Volandri 6-4, 6-0, 6-2 to advance to the second round of the Aussie Open.  A fast match is exactly what Milos needed.  His fitness in [...]

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By Caroline Cameron Milos Raonic is through to his third career ATP final. The 2011 ATP Newcomer of the Year defeated Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-4 in the Chennai semifinal.  Raonic hit 17 aces to beat the top 10 player. “He played really well and he served like a monster,” Almagro explained.  “With that serve you [...]

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By Caroline Cameron My PVR is set: January 7th, 6:30am. A year ago, Milos Raonic was ranked 156th in the world.  Today, he’s no. 31 and already through to an ATP singles semifinal just a week into the season. And here I am, taking it for granted and planning to sleep in Saturday morning.  I [...]

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By Caroline Cameron This New Year’s, some people hope to lose weight, eat healthier and spend more time with family and friends. But I have no doubt that Andy Murray’s biggest New Year’s resolution is to win his first Grand Slam. And the world no. 4 may be one step closer to that goal after [...]

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By Caroline Cameron Roger Federer vs. Rafael Nadal. What’s there to say that hasn’t already been said? They’re two of the greatest players of all time.  They’ve both won career Grand Slams.  They’re Federer and Nadal; it’s as simple as that. And lucky for us, their rivalry continues Tuesday as Federer and Nadal meet in [...]

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By Caroline Cameron Milos Raonic had a good week. First, he beat his idol, Pete Sampras, in front of a hometown crowd at the ACC. And now, Milos has earned some much-deserved hardware.  The top ranked Canadian men’s singles player has been named ATP’s Newcomer of the Year for 2011.  He’ll receive his award Monday in [...]

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By Caroline Cameron It’s going to be a strange night. As fans flock into the Air Canada Centre this evening, they won’t be doing so for a Leafs or Raptors game (is it too soon to mention the Raptors…or lack thereof?) or even to see Bon Jovi. Instead, Canadians (that’s right, Canadians) will be paying [...]

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By Caroline Cameron Tennis Canada is set to make a “major event announcement” tomorrow morning in Vancouver. I expect Tennis Canada to announce that Vancouver will host Canada’s Davis Cup match in February. Canada’s men advanced to the World Group largely due to Vancouverite Vasek Pospisil’s impressive play in September’s matchup against Israel. Vasek was [...]

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