A tale of three tennis players

Rosie Woodbridge  |  Features
Date posted:  10 Jun 2025
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A tale of three tennis players

Federer, Niland and Djokovic. Source: Wikimedia Commons | Flickr

One sport, yet three totally different experiences.

Federer: loved the game

Roger Federer is one of the most successful tennis players of all time: a twenty-time Grand Slam champion, once holding the world number one position for 237 weeks in a row. He is the most successful grass-court male player of all time, and played with a style, grace and elegance which made him loved by many. Fellow champion Novak Djokovic even remarked, "You have to wonder if he's from the same planet."

Federer was not immune to disappointments, of course. He was plagued by injuries in his final years, and finally announced his retirement in September 2022.

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