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To: sylvester80 who wrote (74114)	2/26/2007 10:02:00 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Federer’s Reign Goes on and History Follows _____________________________________________________________ By KAREN CROUSE THE NEW YORK TIMES February 27, 2007 As befits somebody who is leaving a permanent stamp on his sport, Roger Federer will be honored by the Swiss Post in April. Federer, who has won 10 Grand Slam tennis tournaments, recognizes that having his own postage stamp issued by his native country is a huge honor even though correspondence by mail has largely gone the way of wooden rackets. Federer and his friends keep in touch mostly through text messaging on their wireless handheld devices. His in-box was filled with congratulatory messages yesterday as he began his 161st consecutive week atop the ATP world rankings to set a record. Jimmy Connors was No. 1 for 160 straight weeks, from July 1974 to August 1977. “It’s a great record to break,” Federer said yesterday in a teleconference. “I really enjoy playing against history, against breaking records.” Federer, 25, is the reigning champion in three of the four Grand Slam events; he has never won the French Open. Before yesterday, he had won 247 of 262 matches and 34 titles in 49 tournaments since supplanting Andy Roddick as the No. 1 player on Feb. 2, 2004. He has 47 titles over all. Connors won 30 of 61 tournaments and 252 of 278 matches during his run at No. 1. Federer celebrated his record with a helicopter ride over the skyscrapers of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday. He then went out yesterday and won his 37th consecutive match, a 7-6 (2), 3-6, 6-3 victory against Kristian Pless of Denmark in the first round of the Dubai Open. Federer gained on Guillermo Vilas, who set the record for most consecutive match victories with 46 in 1977. “I’m not just playing against the other guys, I’m playing against the entire game and the past,” Federer said. “It’s a lot of fun. There’s a lot to talk about. I enjoy that.” Federer has 8,120 points in the rankings, 3,415 points more than No. 2 Rafael Nadal. He has separated himself so thoroughly from the rest of the men’s field that it is easy to forget how vulnerable he looked five months into his stay at No. 1, at the 2004 Wimbledon final. Roddick, who was then No. 2 in the world, took the first set against him and was ahead, 4-2, in the third before a 40-minute rain delay possibly changed the course of men’s tennis. When the match resumed, Federer played to his strengths, going to the net more instead of letting Roddick dictate the points with his big serve and booming forehand. The strategy propelled Federer to a 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3), 6-4 victory. “Looking back, maybe that was the most important match for staying at No. 1,” Federer said. He added: “It is one of the moments where really I could raise my game at the right time. I think that’s why I stayed at No. 1 for so long.” Federer has been atop his sport for a considerably longer stretch than his friend Tiger Woods, a 12-time major champion whose latest stay at No. 1 in the world golf rankings began in June 2005. After Federer won this year’s Australian Open for his 10th major, he received a text message from Woods that read simply “12 to 10.” The debate over which athlete, Federer or Woods, is more dominant in his sport shows no sign of tailing off. The two recently shot a commercial together, during which Federer was drawn into the debate. He said he jokingly replied that Woods had it easier because “he’s playing on grass all the time.” But seriously, Federer said, “it’s fun to be compared with the greatest other athletes; I like the debate going on.”

To: sylvester80 who wrote (74114)	3/13/2007 12:19:18 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Federer record chase cut short telegraph.co.uk

To: sylvester80 who wrote (74114)	3/27/2007 11:29:27 PM
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Top-Ranked Federer Loses to Canas for Second Time This Month By Bob Bensch March 27 (Bloomberg) -- Guillermo Canas beat Roger Federer at the Sony Ericsson Open today, the second time this month the Argentine has defeated the world's top-ranked tennis player. Canas, ranked 55th in the world, rallied from a break down in the third set to win 7-6 (7-2), 2-6, 7-6 (7-5) in Miami. ``I think I played great tennis today and for me it's just like a dream,'' the 29-year-old Canas said in comments posted on the Association of Tennis Professionals Web site. ``Beating two weeks in a row the No. 1 of the world is amazing.'' Canas, who returned to the tour in September after a 15- month drug ban, also beat Federer at the Pacific Life Open in California on March 12. That loss was Federer's first since August and ended his bid to break Guillermo Vilas's men's professional record of 46 straight wins. ``I guess he played well against me both times and I couldn't put him away unfortunately,'' Federer said. Federer, 25, said he'll now take a break to concentrate on the clay-court season as he prepares for the French Open in May, when he'll try for his fourth straight Grand Slam title. The Swiss captured Wimbledon and the U.S. Open last year and the Australian Open in January. He has never won the French Open and will begin his preparations at the Monte Carlo Masters Series event starting April 16. ``I'm going to play Monte Carlo, Rome, Hamburg, French Open, Halle, Wimbledon -- all big tournaments in Europe,'' Federer said. ``So I need a break here after this, and then I'm going to start practicing and get to Monaco early and hopefully play well.'' Canas has won 15 of 18 matches this year, including winning a tournament in Brazil last month. To contact the reporter on this story: Bob Bensch in Trenton, New Jersey at bbensch@bloomberg.net . Last Updated: March 27, 2007 21:53 EDT