Roger Federer gathers his fifth Swiss Athlete of the Year award – Tennis News
Former world number one, Roger Federer, has accomplished yet another milestone in his career; winning the fifth Swiss Athlete of the Year award on Sunday. At the award distribution ceremony, the 31-year-old Swiss Maestro said,
“There is nothing more wonderful than receiving standing ovations in Switzerland. I do hope I can continue to spark emotions.”
Previously, Federer has won the same award in 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007. In 2012, the tennis icon added the 17th Grand Slam title to his collection at the Wimbledon Championships in London. He defeated the third ranked
Briton, Andy Murray, in the final to accomplish that landmark. Moreover, the second ranked Swiss superstar broke the record of Pete Sampras for most number of weeks as the top ranked player in the world; ending the spell at 302 weeks.
He isn’t thinking of retirement at all. Reigning world number one, Novak Djokovic, bamboozled the Swiss Maestro at his favourite playing arena, O2 in London, by overpowering him in the final but it didn’t lower the confidence of
the 31-year-old hero who has graced the game of tennis with a brand new lifestyle.
Federer was extremely close in realizing the career long dream of winning a Gold Medal at London Olympics but he was stopped in his footings by the reigning US Open, Murray, who registered the first major breakthrough of the career
in New York.
It has been another superb year for the Swiss legend. He ended the season at a high-note with a marvellous record of 74-13 which is his best in the last five years. He is not going to part in any tournament before the start of
the year’s first Grand Slam Championship, the Australian Open, in Melbourne. He has opted to miss out the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters as well as the home event in Basel in which he ended the second best player to Juan Martin del Potro this year.
If Federer manages to clinch the 18th Grand Slam trophy at the Australian Open 2013. He will become the first ever player to win the first Major tournament without a warm-up event since 1995 which will obviously be a
majestic achievement for a Swiss Master.
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