The Polish tennis legend reminds us that not everyone believed in Roger Federer. He even had a derogatory nickname

“Roger Federer, you are my idol, my role model. Thank you for everything you have done for tennis. You showed us the best way to play tennis and we learned from you for so many years. We will miss you so much and all the best for you and your family: she wrote on Facebook that it is number two in the world.

This is the end. Roger Federer played the last game. Then there were tears that he didn’t even try to hold back.

“I have training tomorrow morning, but sleep will have to wait tonight. Last time Roger Federer,” wrote her younger friend on Twitter. Swiatek also added a photo of her watching the Swiss match with her cat.

It is all the more worth remembering the undertakings of Federer, because, probably, no one doubted that he had great talent. As a junior, he won Wimbledon and reached the final of the US Open. However, for a long time he was considered a man who plays tennis well, but will not achieve great success. Because he doesn’t have the head for it and he can’t handle the pressure.

They called him “ramyarz”

This was true, because as a young player, he lost his temper easily. He threw rockets. Once he got so upset that he threw it to the other side of the net. He was far from the gentleman of the court as we all remember him. In addition, he dirty hit the ball.

- He was contemptuously called a “framer”, because in fact he often hit the frame. I didn’t recognize him right away either,” Fibak admits. He adds that, after all, he was one of the first people to believe in Federer.

Wojtek, he won’t achieve anything

- I remember commenting on the Masters semi-final at Eurosport in 2002 between him and Lleyton Hewitt. I was delighted with Federer, his volley and all his game, until the journalist commenting on me at some point could not stand it and said: - And Wojtek, let’s arrange a meeting. This person will never achieve anything great, because at an important moment he will always set up the audience. Those were the stories,” Fibak laughs.

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Hewitt won that match and the entire tournament. Federer won Wimbledon the following year. And then … - He believed that he could even walk on water and was not far from the truth, - the longtime rival of the Swiss (he lost four Grand Slam finals), American Andy Roddick, once admitted.