Roger Federer retired last September at the 2022 Laver Cup event. Although he could not win the final doubles match with Rafael Nadal, that did not affect his great career.

After 24 years of professional competition, the 41-year-old Swiss tennis player has broken many, many records created by previous tennis legends. Although most records such as holding the top position for the most weeks, the most Grand Slams, and the most ATP 1,000 have been surpassed by two juniors, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, Federer is the one who has created new milestones to follow. confused and knocked over.

To become a legendary tennis player, in addition to practicing efforts, Federer is also someone who always asks why. During an interview on the set of the Daily Show in the US, when the host asked why Federer asked so many “why” questions on the show, “Express Train” replied: “When I was a kid When I was young, people often called me “why man?”.

When asked about the criteria for choosing the GOAT (greatest tennis player in history), Federer said frankly: “We live in a very statistics-based world. We like our statistics and We love breaking records, and that’s the only way to determine who is the best.”

To be the most special person, there will be no time to enjoy, Federer said: “You just won the Grand Slam, or you just became world number 1 and the first question is ‘do you want to stay number 1? 1 world for how long?” Or “when will you win the next Grand Slam?. Instead of enjoying victory, you need to think about the next campaigns.”

Federer is ahead of Nadal and Djokovic in terms of total individual titles (103 ATP championships) but is behind two opponents in the number of Grand Slams, and this is the most important championship to determine GOAT. Agreeing with the title calculation to select GOAT means Federer has eliminated himself from this historic race.