Stanislas Wawrinka comes from Lausanne, a city which has tennis engraved upon it. The two major local clubs, Stade Lausanne and Lausanne-Sports, have contributed an array of talented players to Switzerland’s elite ranks. These have ...

This is a semi-final to really heat up the Green-Set surface in the St. Jakobshalle. Novak Djokovic, the new reigning monarch in world tennis, will need to stop Japan’s rising son Kei Nishikori (pictured). Both players needed three sets to ...

The high quality of the Basel field is creating quite a stir across Europe, with the media talking of an all-star meeting in the St. Jakobshalle. And they’re not wrong. In Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray (whose injury meant a walkover for his ...

In the bottom half of the draw, the quarter-final throws up the eternal classic between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick. Friday will be the 23rd time that the two stars have met, either in tour events or Grand Slam tournaments. The Swiss ...

Basel is the name of the game, both for the very top players as well as the young guns creeping up on the leading pros of the world game. This year, a historical break from the norm could be on the cards. Kei Nishikori is the first ever ...

The Swiss Indoors Basel is not just about world class sport: the tournament also provides a canvas for high-quality culture. 2011 is the 25th year that Peer Linz from Holland has been exhibiting his tennis- related pictures with their ...

The motto for Switzerland’s tennis ambassador Roger Federer this year is “cheaper by the dozen”. On his 12th appearance at his hometown event, he overcame the Italian Potito Starace in his opening match. In the first of the tournament’s ...

Whenever a professional player in the main draw pulls out through injury, the rules state that the highest-ranked player to have been eliminated in the final round of qualifying will take his place. This privilege is called ‘lucky loser’. ...

The Swiss Indoors Basel was struck with some bad luck on the third day of the main tournament. Scotland’s Andy Murray, world number three, consulted a tournament doctor 75 minutes before his first match on Wednesday. The examination ...

Following a six-week lay-off due to injury, the Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic returned to the tennis circuit in Basel with a three-set victory over Belgium’s Xavier Malisse. The undisputed king of world tennis, who has won 10 titles ...