  Federer gets Stefan Edberg Award for eighth time November 7, 2012 - 16:24 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The 2012 ATP World Tour Awards were announced Monday, Nov 5 and Roger Federer won a pair of awards. For the 8th time, the Swiss maestro won the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, which is voted for by the players. He has won the award for a second straight year (2011-2012) in addition to winning it six consecutive times (2004-2009). Federer also won the ATP Fans Favorite Award, for a record 10th straight year. He received 57% of all votes cast, finishing ahead of second place Andy Murray, who was just ahead of Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. Roger Federer takes on Janko Tipsarevic to open Group B play on Tuesday, November 6, the player’s official fan blog reported.   Top stories Armenian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist Artur Davtyan has reached the finals of the World Cup. Gor Manvelyan has denied reports alleging that he has expressed a desire to one day play for the French national team. Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan is not considering FC Spartak Moscow as his next haven, according to fresh reports. 10 Armenian lifters will compete in the 2021 World Championships scheduled to be held from 7 to 17 December in Tashkent.   Partner news |  Latest news The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity  The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization.Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia.Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty.Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |
