WATCH: Roger Federer’s first Grand Slam win at Australian Open 2000
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The historical journey of Roger Federer started 23 years ago. Tennis TV has come up with a great watch of his first-round victory against Michael Chang at the Australian Open 2000. The video also showcased the maestro’s last-ever Grand Slam victory against the Italian Lorenzo Sonego in the fourth round of Wimbledon 2021.
Tennis fans who are still not over the retirement of the Swiss legend have shared the video on all social media platforms. Tennis TV posted another historical video of the Maestro in the same thread which includes his first masters 1000 title to the last, first encounter with his biggest rivals Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, and so on. Tennis fans were overwhelmed and were seen quote tweeting the same using quotes like “Good old days“,” Tennis is not the same without you” and “Those were the days“.
In a period where Novak Djokovic is trying to become the first player ever to win 10 Australian Open titles, the old tennis fans of Roger Federer were expectedly happy to see some of their hero’s good old days.
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Roger Federer- The synonym of tennis for many
Roger Federer had been the face of Tennis for a long time after the downfall of the American legend Pete Sampras. He played against Sampras only once in their career and won that epic at Wimbledon Fourth Round 2001. The 5-set thriller lasted three hours and 41 minutes. The final score was 7-6 (9-7),5-7,6-4,6-7 (2-7),7-5 and it is considered one of the best matches ever played in Wimbledon.
Roger Federer had to deal with another legend Andre Agassi in the earlier part of his career. He leads 8-3 in their head-to-head. He went on to win the last 8 matches played against Agassi after losing three times consecutively to him in the first 3 matches. Later, his major opponents were Lleyton Hewit, Marat Safin, and Andy Roddick. He has a positive head 2 head against all of these players.
The big 3 including himself, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic have been dominating the circuit for almost two decades. Their iconic rivalry with one another has always taken center stage at the business end of all the most important tournaments.
Federer ended his remarkable career with 103 ATP singles titles (second to Jimmy Connor’s record of 109) and 20 Grand slams-2 less than the all-time leader Rafael Nadal and 1 less than Novak Djokovic.
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