Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer in a fans voting event


Novak Djokovic defeats Roger Federer in a fans voting event
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Professional tennis has been suspended since March due to Coronavirus pandemic and fans are eagerly waiting to see their favourite tennis player especially the ‘Big 3’ Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.

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The sports channel Eurosport came up with an instinctive tournament amongst the greatest tennis players of all time. It was a public poll conducted called ‘World No.1 the greatest men’s champion in the Open Era’.

All the tennis lover from all over the world cast their vote for their favourite tennis player. World No.1 and World No. 4 held the position in the finals.

The 17 times Gland Slam title winner achieved 900,289 votes and he defeated his arch rival Roger Federer one sidedly.

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Novak’s victory stated by Eurosport, “In tennis terms, it was about 6-0 6-1.” With that win, the Serb became the greatest men’s champion ever.

Novak and Federer was recently head to head in the semi finals of Australian Open 2020. Before the suspension, World No. 1 is on 18 match winning streak on the single circuit and once the tennis resume he is definitely going to break the Roger Federer’s records Of Gland Slam.

It’s a surprising to see the Federer lost to Novak in the fans voting event. Probably, Federer is the most popular name in tennis and one of the tennis player with the biggest fane base in the sport.