Roger Federer is recognized by many expertsthe best tennis player of all time. He set world records for the number of wins in the Grand Slam tournaments, for many years he invariably held the first position of the ATP rating, and was also considered a reference model of a universal player capable of equally good playing on all types of coverings.
Like many of his peers, the young Swissa role model for the unbeaten American tennis player Pete Sampras. It's no wonder that from the very beginning of his career in tennis, Roger Federer preferred to act in the gambling manner of his idol. Roger's excellent physical data successfully allowed him to act in an aggressive, dominant manner, alternating the attacking game on the back line with constant outputs to the grid.
A tall Swiss confidently felt himselfmesh, often completing their combinations with blows from the summer, smashi and reverse. Subsequently, he diversified his tactical arsenal, ceasing to bet on constant risky exits, which allowed him to make a sharp qualitative leap in his development and reign on the world's tennis throne.
Strong qualities of tennis player Roger Federer is also considered an excellent forehand, he actively uses a one-handed strike to the left, which is a rarity in modern tennis.
The Swiss has one of the most powerful innings, inhe recruited 50 aces for other matches. He is good at receptions, excellent moves on the court. Rich tactical luggage and high game intelligence allow him to feel confident on all types of coverings, the only inconvenient Swiss rival can be considered only Raphael Nadal, whom he constantly lost in the finals on the ground courts.
Roger Federer was born in 1981 in Basel andin fact, is almost the same age as another Swiss legend of world tennis - Martina Hingis. However, if the girl broke into the tennis Olympus at a very young age and very early in her career, then Roger became a star already at the time of the decline of Martina.
Nevertheless, Federer is still at the junior levelattracted the attention of specialists, regularly winning at the Grand Slam tournaments among young people. In 1999, the Swiss entered the first hundred of the world ranking, having managed in that season to beat the tennis player from the top ten, and also reaching the final of the ATP tournament.
A truly breakthrough for him was 2001,when Roger was able to win his first ATP title, beating in the final of the Milan tournament Julien Bute. A year later, he repeated his success by defeating Marat Safin, and in addition, he took a few more trophies. These successes allowed the young Swiss to enter the top ten of the world ranking and take part in the final tournament.
Up to a point, Roger Federer was onefrom many talented players, but then managed to gain the status of the undisputed leader of world tennis. In the course of 2003, the Swiss tennis player won five ATP titles, and also managed to win his first Grand Slam tournament, having won the Wimbledon final over Mark Filipusis.
At the end of the year, he took part in the finaltournament ATP. Davil Nalbandian, Andre Agassi were extremely uncomfortable rivals for him, with all of them Federer had a negative balance of victories and defeats. However, it was then that Roger made changes to his style of play. He refused the idea of permanent passes to the net, which skillfully used against him by experienced tennis players, opposing this competent counterattacking game.
Roger Federer began to play more on the backline, constantly shelling rivals with powerful blows, which began to bring the desired result. In the finals of the final tournament ATP he consistently beat the first racket of the world Andy Rodica and Andre Agassi, finishing second in the ranking.
Statistics Roger Federer in later yearsstrikes the imagination of tennis professionals. He won 19 titles of the Grand Slam, from 2004 to 2008 he was invariably on the tennis throne. The record was that for 237 consecutive weeks he was at the top of the world ranking, and in total he held the position of the first racket of the world 302 weeks.
Having earned himself the status of a universal player, heI felt good on all types of coatings. True, on the ground courts he had a serious rival in the person of Raphael Nadal. History included their epic confrontation at the tournaments "Roland Garros", when several years in a row the Spaniard defeated Roger in the finals of the French Open. Only in 2009, Federer took an unattainable height, thus collecting the career Grand Slam.
Having crossed the thirty-year boundary, the Swissthe tennis player lost in sharpness, competitors increasingly beat him, and he ceased to be the absolute first number. The last few years, many have already begun to forget about him, but in 2017, Roger seemed to have found a second youth and won two Grand Slam tournaments, the championship at the Australian Open and the Wimbledon tournament.
