Roger Federer produced flawless tennis on Sunday at Wimbledon to take his 19th Grand Slam over Marin Cilic. The victory also gave Federer his 1111th ATP World Tour main draw victory. The Swiss star made his ATP World Tour debut in 1998 on home soil in Gstaad, and he has remained a staple player ever since. Take a look at the some of the milestone “one” moments throughout Federer’s illustrious career. 1st Tournament: 1998 Gstaad 11th Tournament: 1999 Gstaad 111th Tournament: 2003 ATP Masters 1000 Madrid 1st Match: 1998 Gstaad 1R (l. to Lucas Arnold Ker) 11th Match: 1999 Rotterdam QF (l. to Yevgeny Kafelnikov) 111th Match: 2001 Milan SF (d. Yevgeny Kafelnikov) 1,111th Match: 2013 Wimbledon 2R (l. to...
Ten years ago, few would have predicted that a 35-year-old Roger Federer would be making a deep run into the second week of the 2017 Wimbledon. But, to Federer, this was all part of the plan. Years ago, when the Swiss star was enjoying his first peak, Federer hoisted trophy after trophy but still kept an eye on longevity. He'd smile with another Gentleman's Singles Trophy and then take a month off from hitting. Or he'd dominate at the Nitto ATP Finals in London and then stay away from his racquet for weeks. [ALSO LIKE] “That was really important for me to look at the longevity aspect. Sometimes I was talking to the team and thinking it was too much...
The Climb. Everybody in the tennis world knows it, and those old enough vividly remember their surprise in witnessing the unique celebration. Now a staple of any finals day at a major championship — 14 players since 1987 have scaled the Centre Court architecture at The Championships — and those triumphant few at Wimbledon pay homage to Pat Cash, the original climber to his family and friends. The Wimbledon champion, who dared to dream and delivered 30 years ago. Having punched away a forehand volley — his 52nd winner on the world’s most famous lawn — to beat World No. 1 Ivan Lendl 7-6(5), 6-2, 7-5, Cash turned to his team and raised his arms to the sky in celebration...
Sebastian Ofner was just happy to be making his Grand Slam qualifying debut last week at Wimbledon, but the #NextGenATP Austrian’s maiden pro tournament on the grass has turned into a breakthrough run. Ofner survived a pair of marathon matches just to make it into the main draw, prevailing 10-8 in the third set against Kimmer Coppejans of Belgium in the first round, and rallying from two sets down to defeat #NextGenATP Brit Jay Clarke in the final round of qualifying. Buoyed at competing on the lawns of Wimbledon, Ofner dropped a mere seven games in his first-round main draw win on Tuesday over Thomaz Bellucci. But it was his performance on Thursday against 17th seed Jack Sock that truly...
