Roger Federer has retired from tennis. In a career spanning more than 2 decades, the Swiss tennis player not only conquered, he also made a great impact on the popular sport, so his departure made many people regretful. .

Representative of beauty

Federer can be said to be a fresh change in tennis in the early 2000s when it was showing signs of becoming a battle of strong serves and shots. Pete Sampras left, Andy Roddick succeeded him. Federer’s playing style is sometimes considered “nostalgic” while Roddick is the new trend, but Federer’s 2003 Wimbledon victory over Roddick shows that the old art still has a place.

Not everyone can play tennis like Federer, because he has the sensitivity in touching the ball, in choosing positions, in judging situations to go to the net and in how to return the ball to be able to compete with opponents like Roddick. And over time, he also combined his existing playing style with a few elements suitable for modern tennis to keep an advantage over his opponents.

That makes Federer even more special, and the players who come after him who can imitate him must also be very good. Carlos Alcaraz, who is considered the “heir” of Rafael Nadal, somewhat has a playing style very similar to Federer, so public opinion is waiting for his advancement, to preserve a very artistic style of play but still live and play. succeed in the new tennis environment.

Domination is not absolute

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali once said that he was not the one who attracted the audience to Boxing, but his confrontation with Joe Frazier, George Foreman or famous contemporary boxers was what made the audience pay money to watch him fight.

The second great thing about Federer’s career is that his greatness has been accompanied by another equally great person: Rafael Nadal. Tennis has had many famous rivalries, but never have two players considered the sport’s greatest been at the same time, competing for each title and making comparisons as difficult as they are. Federer – Nadal.

They have become each other’s measure and in any tournament where both of them appear, the audience is looking forward to this highly anticipated match. The attraction of the two players has not been lost because their dominance is continuous, the 24 finals they met spanned 12 years from 2005 to 2017, with 2012, 2014 and 2016 being the years they did not clash. each other in the championship match.

Worthy of a gentleman

The ATP Sportsmanship Award, before being awarded to Roger Federer, had never gone to anyone at the top of the ATP rankings, with the notion that a player must have some sass or ferocity to succeed. But Federer since 2004 has proven that is not true, he can be a gentleman at the top.

The players’ love for Federer is also shown through what he fights for them. Bonuses for players have been negotiated in an increasingly beneficial direction, the Arthur Ashe stadium that hosted the US Open for the first time has a roof, and Federer even said that tennis needs to be tested for doping more carefully because he himself found it close. I don’t get many tests here.

Tennis players all have some involvement in charity programs for children or tennis promotion, but Federer is far superior to them in terms of influence because of his initiative and commitment to ideas. I proposed. If you say who creates a gentlemanly nature for tennis players, many people will say it is Federer because of what he does off the court.