https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed When the Swiss tennis legend announced his retirement on Thursday, the news elicited an outpouring of emotion that is rare in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220916/thanks-for-everything-champ-what-roger-federer-means-to-switzerland Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:37:47 +0200 thanks-for-everything-champ-what-roger-federer-means-to-switzerland Switzerland's Roger Federer, a 20-time Grand Slam singles champion, said on Thursday he would retire from top-level tennis at the end of the month. https://www.thelocal.ch/20220915/breaking-swiss-tennis-legend-roger-federer-announces-retirement Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:42:33 +0200 breaking-swiss-tennis-legend-roger-federer-announces-retirement Roger Federer is talking optimistically about returning to his "highest level" after knee surgery, but does tennis have to start adjusting to a future without the Swiss star? https://www.thelocal.ch/20200611/is-this-the-end-of-the-road-for-swiss-tennis-legend-roger-federer Thu, 11 Jun 2020 18:22:16 +0200 is-this-the-end-of-the-road-for-swiss-tennis-legend-roger-federer Tennis great Roger Federer on Wednesday donated more than a million dollars to help support his "most vulnerable" Swiss compatriots through the coronavirus crisis. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200325/federer-donates-1-million-to-vulnerable-swiss-in-virus-crisis Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:39:40 +0100 federer-donates-1-million-to-vulnerable-swiss-in-virus-crisis Roger Federer said he could not believe he had let slip two match points which would have sealed his ninth Wimbledon title after losing to Novak Djokovic in the longest ever men's final at the championships. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190715/federer-rues-missed-opportunity-to-win-ninth-wimbledon-title-tennis Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:20:42 +0200 federer-rues-missed-opportunity-to-win-ninth-wimbledon-title-tennis Roger Federer said he was ready for Wimbledon after waltzing past Belgium's David Goffin in straight sets to win a record-extending 10th title at the ATP event in Halle on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190624/it-sets-me-up-nicely-roger-federer-looks-to-wimbledon-after-winning-10th-halle-title-tennis-switzerland Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:49:59 +0200 it-sets-me-up-nicely-roger-federer-looks-to-wimbledon-after-winning-10th-halle-title-tennis-switzerland Roger Federer on Friday became the first player to contest 400 Grand Slam matches, marking the occasion in style with a straight-sets victory over Casper Ruud to reach the last 16 at Roland Garros and admitted it was an "impressive" landmark in a career full of iconic moments. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190601/nostalgic-federer-marks-impressive-400th-grand-slam-match-record-with-win Sat, 01 Jun 2019 12:11:08 +0200 nostalgic-federer-marks-impressive-400th-grand-slam-match-record-with-win Roger Federer may not be playing at the Monte Carlo Masters but the Swiss legend was still at the forefront of 2018 finalist Kei Nishikori's thoughts on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190414/federer-tipped-for-clay-comeback-success Sun, 14 Apr 2019 18:08:16 +0200 federer-tipped-for-clay-comeback-success Roger Federer lifted the 101st title of his remarkable career on Sunday in dominating style, beating Miami Open defending champion John Isner 6-1, 6-4. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190401/federer-sweeps-past-isner-in-miami-final-for-101st-title Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:07:12 +0200 federer-sweeps-past-isner-in-miami-final-for-101st-title Dominic Thiem denied Roger Federer a record sixth Indian Wells title, beating the Swiss great 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday to claim his first ATP Masters 1000 crown. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190318/tennis-dominic-thiem-rallies-to-deny-roger-federer-record-sixth-indian-wells-title Mon, 18 Mar 2019 09:56:44 +0100 tennis-dominic-thiem-rallies-to-deny-roger-federer-record-sixth-indian-wells-title Roger Federer described winning his 100th career title as a "special, magical" achievement on Saturday but the 37-year-old insists he won't obsess over passing Jimmy Connors' all-time men's record of 109. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190303/hail-centurion-special-magical-federer-reaches-100-title-landmark Sun, 03 Mar 2019 14:49:26 +0100 hail-centurion-special-magical-federer-reaches-100-title-landmark Swiss great Roger Federer denied Sunday his defeat to Greek young gun Stefanos Tsitsipas signalled a changing of the guard as he announced he will play the French Open this year for the first time since 2015. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190120/federer-bats-away-changing-of-guard-talk-after-australian-open-defeat Sun, 20 Jan 2019 15:28:02 +0100 federer-bats-away-changing-of-guard-talk-after-australian-open-defeat Defending champion Roger Federer reached the Australian Open third round for a 20th straight year Wednesday but admitted it had been tough to get past his 'mirror' image Dan Evans. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190116/federer-relieved-after-getting-past-mirror-evans Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:08:04 +0100 federer-relieved-after-getting-past-mirror-evans Roger Federer warmed up for a run at a record seventh Australian Open title Monday by breezing past Uzbek Denis Istomin to book a spot in the second round. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190114/no-sweat-cool-federer-strolls-into-round-two-of-australian-open-tennis Mon, 14 Jan 2019 22:01:58 +0100 no-sweat-cool-federer-strolls-into-round-two-of-australian-open-tennis Roger Federer took the honours in the much-anticipated mixed doubles clash with fellow great Serena Williams in what the latter described as the "match of her career" at the Hopman Cup in Perth on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190102/swiss-roger-federer-gets-bragging-rights-over-williams-in-hugely-anticipated-match-tennis-hopman-cup Wed, 02 Jan 2019 15:10:57 +0100 swiss-roger-federer-gets-bragging-rights-over-williams-in-hugely-anticipated-match-tennis-hopman-cup From Donald Trump's visit to the WEF meeting in Davos to Swiss rules on how to cook lobsters, here are the stories from Switzerland that captured global attention over the last 12 months. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181225/the-swiss-stories-that-made-international-headlines-in-2018 Tue, 25 Dec 2018 09:56:13 +0100 the-swiss-stories-that-made-international-headlines-in-2018 Roger Federer said he hoped a ballboy who dropped a ball during the climax of his ATP Finals last-four defeat against Alexander Zverev would not have a sleepless night. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181118/federer-forgives-ballboy-bungle-after-atp-finals-defeat Sun, 18 Nov 2018 13:47:08 +0100 federer-forgives-ballboy-bungle-after-atp-finals-defeat Roger Federer on Tuesday confirmed his participation at this year's Paris Masters after a three-year absence. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181030/sweet-100-roger-federer-confirms-paris-masters-participation Tue, 30 Oct 2018 19:58:43 +0100 sweet-100-roger-federer-confirms-paris-masters-participation Roger Federer battled to claim his 99th career ATP Tour title on Sunday, rallying to defeat Romanian qualifier Marius Copil 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in the Swiss Indoors final at Basel. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181028/roger-federer-claims-99th-atp-title-with-basel-triumph-tennis Sun, 28 Oct 2018 21:21:08 +0100 roger-federer-claims-99th-atp-title-with-basel-triumph-tennis World number two Roger Federer says he is mulling a return to the European clay-court season in 2019 following a two-year absence. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180922/roger-federer-mulling-clay-court-return-in-2019 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 13:28:15 +0200 roger-federer-mulling-clay-court-return-in-2019