[ad_1]
Friday, May 1, 2020 00:02 AM (GMT + 7)
(Sports News – Tennis News) Tennis legend Roger Federer has just received the honor of being voted the best player of the world felt champions in the world 42 years ago.
Video Federer defeated Nadal in the last match in Cape Town (South Africa):
While he is still at home in a quarantine waiting to play again at least from July 13 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Roger Federer just received great news. According to Tennis World USA, “Express Train” won first place in the “Champion of Champions” online competition organized by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
Roger Federer was selected by the ITF as the “Champion of Champions” in the world of felt in the world from 1978 to the present.
This is the “arena” of 36 excellent male and female players who have won many noble titles in the felt world from 1978 to the present. Those names are divided into 2 branches, each branch has 18 names.
The first branch includes: Caroline Wozniacki, Andy Roddick, Simona Halep, Jelena Jankovic, Serena Williams, Kim Clijsters, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, Angelique Kerber, Gustavo Kuerten, Rafael Nadal, Ivan Lendl, Andy Murray, Chris Evert, Mats Wilander, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario and Jim Courier.
Meanwhile, the second branch brought together 18 illustrious players such as Garbine Muguruza, Lleyton Hewitt, Ashleigh Barty, Anastasia Myskina, Roger Federer, Petra Kvitova, Lindsay Davenport, Martina Navratilova, Jimmy Connors, Monica Seles, Stefan Edberg, Steffi Graff, Martina Hingis , Andre Agassi, Novak Djokovic, Jennifer Capriati, John McEnroe, Justin Henin.
36 names attended the ITF “Champion of Champions” survey
To reach the final against Andy Murray, Federer (exempt from the first round) had the votes of the fans to go to Hewitt (round 2), Kvitova (round 3), Navratilova (quarterfinals), Graff (semifinals).
Nadal had to stop in the third round when there were fewer votes in the “confrontation” with family opponent Murray. And current No. 1 male tennis player in the world, Djokovic also only advanced to the quarterfinals, before losing votes to veteran John McEnrore.
In the final, Federer with 51% of the votes narrowly won against Murray (who has 49% of the votes) to become the “Champion of Champions” and was honored by the ITF on the official Twitter page of This organization.
Andy Murray’s trip to the final from champion Roger Federer
Currently, the “Express Train” has recovered from a knee injury earlier than expected after surgery was scheduled in February. Federer and other players are eager to return to play, although according to the ATP and WTA, at least until July 13, tournaments of these two systems will return when subject to the Covid-19 pandemic situation.
Meanwhile, in the Madrid Open virtual tennis tournament playing on the console game PlayStation 4, Rafael Nadal unexpectedly lost after just two sets to Andy Murray.
Source: http: //khampha.vn/the-thao/federer-don-tin-vui-tro-thanh-tay-vot-34vo-dich-cua-nhung-nha-vo-dich …
(Sports News – Tennis News) Weekly tennis news from April 20 to 26: two contemporary tennis legends Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal …
