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Roger Federer Secures Switzerland’s Historic Davis Cup Win

With his 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 victory over France’s Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer secured Switzerland’s historic first Davis Cup win.

Switzerland beat France 3-1: on Friday, Stan Wawrinka beat Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2), then Federer lost to Gael Monfils (6-1, 6-4, 6-3); on Saturday, Federer and Wawrinka teamed up to defeat the French team of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet (6-3, 7-5, 6-4); and finally on Sunday, Federer demolished Gasquet (6-4, 6-2, 6-2).

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November 23, 2014
2014 Davis Cup Final – Day 3, Sunday, November 23: Order of Play and Scores

The 2014 Davis Cup Final concludes on Sunday, November 23. The Swiss are up 2-1 after Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka teamed up to beat the French doubles team of Julien Benneteau and Richard Gasquet. Now it’s down to the remaining singles matches: Federer will take on Richard Gasquet; if Gasquet wins, then Stan Wawrinka will face Gael Monfils.

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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1:00 P.M.:

Federer d. Gasquet — 6-4, 6-2, 6-2

Wawrinka vs. Monfils [Not Played]

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November 22, 2014
2014 Davis Cup Final – Day 1, Friday, November 21: Order of Play and Scores

Day 1 of the 2014 Davis Cup Final will feature two singles matches. First up will be Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, of France, vs. Stan Wawrinka, of Switzerland. They will be followed by Gael Monfils, of France, vs. Roger Federer, of Switzerland.

[Scores added as known. All times are local.]

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2:00 P.M.:

Wawrinka d. Tsonga — 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Monfils d. Federer — 6-1, 6-4, 6-3

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November 20, 2014
US Open Day 11: Men’s Quarterfinals – Order of Play & Scores

Day 11 features the Men’s Quarterfinals for the bottom half of the draw – Berdych v. Cilic, and Federer v. Monfils, to set the men’s semis. Also in play are the Women’s and Men’s Doubles Semi-finals. Women’s singles semi-finals are Day 12.

The full schedule for Day 11 is listed below (Results to follow). All times are local.

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Arthur Ashe Stadium — 12:00 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Semifinals
Bob Bryan (USA) (1) / Mike Bryan (USA) (1) d. Scott Lipsky (USA) / Rajeev Ram (USA) — 6-4, 4-6, 6-3

Not Before: 1:30 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Marin Cilic (CRO) (14) d. Tomas Berdych (CZE) (6) — 6-2, 6-4, 7-6(4)

Not Before: 8:00 P.M.

Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Roger Federer (SUI) (2) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) (20) — 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2

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Louis Armstrong Stadium — 11:00 A.M.

Women’s Doubles – Semifinals
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (4) / Elena Vesnina (RUS) (4) d. Kimiko Date-Krumm (JPN) / Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (CZE) — 7-5, 6-3

Not Before: 12:30 P.M.

Men’s Doubles – Semifinals
Marcel Granollers (ESP) (11) / Marc Lopez (ESP) (11) d. Ivan Dodig (CRO) (4) / Marcelo Melo (BRA) (4) — 6-4, 6-4

Not Before: 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Semifinals
Martina Hingis (SUI) / Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Cara Black (ZIM) (3) / Sania Mirza (IND) (3) — 6-2, 6-4

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September 3, 2014
Roland Garros French Open Day 11: Quarterfinals

Day 11 of the French Open features the remaining men’s and women’s quarterfinals. First up on Court Philippe Chatrier is the Italian Sara Errani (10), the 2012 Roland Garros finalist, and Andrea Petkovic (28), from Germany. Two-time Major winner Andy Murray (7) will then face off against local favorite Gael Monfils (23).

On Court Suzanne Lenglen, 2009 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova (27) will play the rising Romanian star Simona Halep (4). Eight-time champion and World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and his Spanish compatriot David Ferrer (5) will conclude the day’s action.

The full schedule for Day 11 is listed below (Results to follow)…

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Court Philippe Chatrier – 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Andrea Petkovic (GER) (28) d. Sara Errani (ITA) (10) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Andy Murray (GBR) (7) d. Gael Monfils (FRA) (23) — 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-0

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Court Suzanne Lenglen – 2:00 P.M.

Women’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Simona Halep (ROU) (4) d. Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) (27) — 6-2, 6-2

Men’s Singles – Quarterfinals
Rafael Nadal (ESP) (1) d. David Ferrer (ESP) (5) — 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1

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Court 1 – Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

Mixed Doubles – Semifinals
Anna-Lena Groenefeld (GER) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) d. Yaroslava Shvedova (KAZ) (3) / Bruno Soares (BRA) (3) — 3-6, 7-6(4) [10-5]

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
Garbine Muguruza (ESP) / Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) d. Kveta Peschke (CZE) (4) / Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) (4) — 6-4, 6-4

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Court 2 – Not Before: 2:30 P.M.

Mixed Doubles – Semifinals
Julia Goerges (GER) (8) / Nenad Zimonjic (SRB) (8) d. Timea Babos (HUN) / Eric Butorac (USA) — 6-2, 6-2

Not Before: 5:00 P.M.

Women’s Doubles – Quarterfinals
Lucie Hradecka (CZE) / Michaella Krajicek (NED) d. Marina Erakovic (NZL) (16) / Arantxa Parra Santonja (ESP) (16) — 7-5, 6-3

June 3, 2014
Gael Monfils Wins the Open Sud De France

Gael Monfils defeated fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-3 6-4, en route to winning his fifth career title at the Open Sud de France in Montpellier.

Monfils never looked in danger of losing his service game, banging down nine aces and didn’t face a single break point during the match.

His overall dominance was further highlighted by 34 winners to top seeded Gasquet’s 17.

“This is unbelievable for me,” said Monfils. “I had some back problems at the beginning of the week and I didn’t know if I was going to be able to play.”

Monfils has had a stellar start to the season, his only two defeats of 2014 coming to World No. 1 Rafael Nadal.

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Cover Photo: Christian Mesiano, Creative Commons

February 10, 2014
Nadal Tops Monfils at Qatar Open

Rafael Nadal overcame Gael Monfils to capture his first title of 2014 at the Qatar Open in Doha, his maiden trophy here in five attempts, where it was Monfils himself who twice sent the Spaniard packing in previous years, but couldn’t make it a third time today.

Nadal raced through the first set while Monfils appeared to still be gathering himself, but the Frenchman led the entertaining second by a break for most of it. The Spaniard broke back, but Monfils took it in the tiebreak. Nadal broke early in the third, and didn’t look back, winning the match and the trophy: 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2.

This is the world No. 1’s 61st career title, one behind Guillermo Vilas’s total, putting him 7th on the all-time list. The only active player with more titles is Roger Federer, who is looking for his 78th tomorrow in Brisbane versus Lleyton Hewitt. The Frenchman has reached 20 career finals, but has won just four.

Photo credit: Marianne Bevis (Creative Commons License)

January 4, 2014
Monfils Stuns Federer in Shanghai

Gael Monfils recorded only his second career victory over former world No. 1 Roger Federer to progress to the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters. The Frenchman prevailed 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-3 in just over two hours.

Federer pushed the match to a third set coming back from 3-5 down in the second set to break Monfils and take the eventual tiebreak.

Monfils was not to be denied, breaking Federer again in the fourth game of the deciding set. It proved to be crucial, as the remainder of the match went with serve.

Monfils will now meet the winner of Novak Djokovic and Fabio Fognini in the next round.

Federer will now have increased concerns about qualifying for the World Tour Finals following a poor run of form.

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October 10, 2013