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Australian Open: How does Carlos Alcaraz rate Roger Federer’s recently developed golf game? | Tennis News

Australian Open: How does Carlos Alcaraz rate Roger Federer’s recently developed golf game? | Tennis News

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Praise over Roger Federer’s biomechanics continued at the Australian Open – first when the legendary Swiss 20-time Grand Slam winner was part of the inaugural opening ceremony and practiced with Casper Ruud, where his characteristic single-handed backhand made its comeback onto Australian shores. And secondly when Spanish World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz was quizzed on his golf session with Federer amid an ongoing attempt to win the season-opening slam. “It’s as beautiful as the tennis!” Alcaraz said. “I’m not surprised. It’s unbelievable. Everything he does, he does in style, really beautiful. On the golf course, it’s a really beautiful swing.” Federer, who left the game in 2022 after a persistent knee injury didn’t allow him the farewell to tennis he dreamed for himself, has now been marketed at the 2026 Australian Open as a retirement tour of sorts. It has seen him practice with Ruud, and play in ‘Battle of the No 1s’ where he played a doubles match with Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi and make an eyebrow-raising claim that after watching Grigor Dimitrov …

Inside Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s Age-Old Friendly Rivalry as Latter Pens Emotional Not on Spanish Legend’s Retirement

Inside Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer’s Age-Old Friendly Rivalry as Latter Pens Emotional Not on Spanish Legend’s Retirement

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Rafael Nadal, who’s established himself as one of the best Tennis players of all time, made the “difficult” decision to retire from his field. As he prepares for his final tournament at the 2024 Davis Cup in Malaga, his long-time frenemy and fellow Tennis prodigy Roger Federer penned a heartfelt note dedicated to the legendary Spanish player.   Their friendly rivalry started in 2004 at the Miami Open and has remained iconic in sports history. Nadal, Federer, and fellow athlete Novak Djokovic were considered the Big Three and a formidable Tennis trio. “It is obviously a difficult decision, one that has taken me some time to make. But in this life, everything has a beginning and an end,” Nadal said, announcing his retirement in October.  Consecutively suffering injuries, in addition to foot and abdominal issues, ultimately led to him taking the decision. “I think it is the appropriate time to put an end to a career that has been long and much more successful than I could have ever imagined,” he added.  Nadal cemented his stature …

Roger Federer’s calm vs. Kevin Hart’s energy: A hilarious moment at US Open quarterfinals | Trending

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Sep 05, 2024 01:40 PM IST While witnessing the US Open quarterfinal match, Roger Federer’s composed expressions stood in stark contrast to Kevin Hart’s lively and jumpy reaction. Legendary tennis player Roger Federer and comedian Kevin Hart attended the US Open 2024 quarterfinal matches. Social media users have shared a funny video of the two celebrities reacting to Frances Tiafoe and Grigor Dimitrov’s match. While witnessing the intense quarterfinal match, Federer’s composed expressions stood in stark contrast to Hart’s lively and jumpy reaction. Roger Federer and Kevin Hart at the US Open 2024 quarterfinal matches. The viral video shows Federer standing and enjoying the match with a nod and clap. Hart was seen closely monitoring the action, moving his head side to side with the ball. (Also Read: Jannik Sinner beats Medvedev in seesawing US Open quarter-final) This video was shared by the official handle of the US Open Tennis. While sharing the clip, in the caption of the post, they wrote, “Roger Federer watching tennis and Kevin Hart watching tennis. A play in two …

Savour the retiring Tai Tzu Ying and Ratchanok Intanon, Badminton’s Federers | Badminton News

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Tai Tzu Ying and Ratchanok Intanon will compete in their fourth Olympics at Paris. But it is to their infinite and enduring credit that two of the most elegant and exciting shuttlers of the last decade, have made badminton in intervening years between the Games, enchanting. The big medals might have moved from one boxed and structured game of Carolina Marin to Chen Yufei to perhaps Paris favourite An Se Young next. But for pulling in badminton watchers week after week, season after season and elevating women’s singles to breathless tear-streaking gleeful art, you needn’t look beyond TTY and Ratchanok. India’s former international Aparna Popat reckons this is a summer to savour the last of their brilliance, and be silently grateful for having witnessed them in action. This will be as big a set of retirements as Roger Federer’s, and Federer was indeed the TTY and Ratchanok of tennis – in how they get imprinted on the mind, not just the names engraved on trophies. That badminton had two artists, zephyrs on a hot sticky …