Almost a year after his official retirement, the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer was honored at Wimbledon, a tournament that he won eight times, being the one that won it the most times. He looks at the incredible standing ovation he received.
In his first appearance in Wimbledon as retired, Roger Federer received a spectacular ovation this Tuesday. The Swiss entered Center Court and took possession of the ‘Royal Box’ along with the princess Katherine of Welsh.
“Ladies and gentlemen, Roger Federer!”announced the ‘speaker’ and the Swiss entered the venue in a beige suit and tie, sitting next to his wife and to the left of the princess, who had arrived earlier to see a short video about the Swiss’s exploits on the London grass .
An endless ovation accompanied the walk of Federer for your favorite track. Then they entered to play the current champion Elena Rybakina and the American Shelby Rogers.
Federer He was the first player to reach the 20 titles of grand slamsand also holds the record for titles in Wimbledon, with eight (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 and 2017). In addition, he was established 11 other times in tournaments that are played on grass, ten times in Halle and one stuttgart.
In Wimbledon He was the protagonist of several games that will be remembered for several decades. One of them was for the fourth round of the edition of 2001when he beat the American pete sampras cutting a streak of 31 consecutive wins in the tournament.
Although, without a doubt, his most impressive triumph there was in the final of 2009when he defeated the also American Andy Roddick by 16-14 in the fifth set, which allowed him to return to number 1 in the world and become the top winner of grand slams at that time (fifteen). He also beat the Spanish Rafael Nadal the finals of 2006 and 2007in the early years of one of the greatest rivalries in sports history.
Novak Djokovicwho is looking for his 24th grand slams in Londonyou can also match all eight trophies in Wimbledon of Federer.
The 41-year-old Swiss retired permanently from tennis in September, after participating in the Laver Cupdisputed in Londonas Wimbledon.
His last game in the great British were the quarterfinals of 2021, when he lost to the Pole Hubert Hurkacz, in three sets and with a 6-0 in the last set. In 2022 he did not participate because he had not recovered from the physical problems that led him to withdraw.
Source: Ambito
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