This individual goes by several names, from “The Federer Express” or merely “Fed Express” to “The Swiss Maestro” or simply “Maestro”. He’s the Swiss watch of tennis and equally a barometer found on the tennis field. The man is Roger Federer, the previous number one in men tennis and maybe the greatest tennis player of all time.
Since the junior yrs Federer was considered by many tennis specialist as to possess a bright prospect ahead. As a young player he managed to capture the Wimbledon tournament both at the singles and in doubles when he teamed up alongside Belgian Olivier Rochus. His initial Grand Slam victory was in 2003 at Wimbledon when he surpassed a much experience Mark Philippoussis. Afterwards Grand Slam champion Roger Federer managed to establish mens Grand Slam record with 16 titles.
In his trophy case furthermore sits a fairly prestigious Olympic gold medal since he earned the doubles event alongside his Swiss compatriot Stanislas Wawrinka at the 2008 summer Olympic games. He’s furthermore the record holder with the most consecutive weeks in a row for being number one, holding the number 1 position for a staggering 237 consecutive weeks. He’s also simply a week behind the record of tennis legend Pete Sampras with 285 weeks as number one.
As you all grasp Pete Sampras is the incredible tennis player whom in his fifteen yrs playing time as being a professional tennis player was capable to obtain 14 grand slam titles although 2 not as much as Roger federer but holds the record if you are amount one for 6 yrs in a row or 286 days from 1993-2000. It is still to be seen if Federer will manage to surpass Sampras records. It most certainly will be a big task for him as other dominating active player will stand on his way such as the current number one player Novak Djokovic and his own long time rival, the Toreador tennis idol Rafael Nadal.
