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Federer: Twelve Final Days / It Hits All the Right Nostalgic Notes and a Very Effective “Commercial” for Professional Tennis

Even if you won fifteen Grand Slam tournaments and spent a record 237-straight weeks as the #1 ranked player on the ATP tour, knee injuries are a tricky business to bounce back from. Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer always assumed any surgery would spell the beginning of the end of his career—and he ruefully admits…

Exclusive Video Interview: ‘McEnroe’ Director Barney Douglas on Tackling a Tennis Legend in Showtime Doc

Check out more of our video interviews on our YouTube channel. Hitting Showtime this weekend is Barney Douglas’ McEnroe, a masterful look at one of tennis’ greatest and most controversial players, John McEnroe. McEnroe was able to attain 77 singles titles and 78 doubles titles – the highest combined men’s total for the time –…