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The power couple shared news of having a baby before one month of their marriage. Unfortunately, Mirka had to retire early due to a foot injury that she had sustained during her plays. He got a wildcard into the 1998 Swiss Indoors and lost in the first round to 4th seed and former world number 1 Andre Agassi. Federer leads 71 in majors, 170 on hard courts, 10 on grass courts and 53 on clay courts. However, a rejuvenated Federer returned the next day to help claim the doubles rubber, which set up a fourth rubber singles tie between Federer and Richard Gasquet. [137], In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Federer played a 4-hour 26-minute semifinal against del Potro where Federer won 1917 in the third and final set. [432], In December 2019, Federer was voted by GQ readers as the Most Stylish Man of the Decade (20102019), ahead of celebrities including Timothe Chalamet, LeBron James, Harry Styles, David Beckham, Justin Bieber, Kanye West and Ryan Gosling. Tennis legend Roger Federer celebratedhis 39th birthday on Saturday, August 8, 2020. In the 2017 US Open quarterfinals, in a rematch of the 2009 final, del Potro again beat Federer in four sets to end his unbeaten streak in majors that year. He has been voted by his peers to receive the tour Sportsmanship Award a record 13 times and voted by tennis fans to receive the ATP Fans' Favorite award for 17 consecutive years. ADVERTISEMENT Article continues below this ad The SABR is a unique shot that Federer owns, in the way that he manages to add enough power and placement into the shot, which makes it very difficult, or close to impossible for the opponent to reach it. [411][412][413] Also in 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his US Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. However, Federer lost to del Potro in the quarterfinals at the US Open, in a tournament characterized by inconsistent play from Federer, unlike the major portion of the season. Their rivalry includes four Grand Slam event finals, three at Wimbledon and one at the US Open, all won by Federer. Federer lost the match in four sets. Roger Federer attends wedding of Alexandre Arnault along with Beyonce [158] Federer then took a wild card into the Monte-Carlo Masters defeating Novak Djokovic on his way to the finals, but lost to compatriot Stan Wawrinka in a tight final. 2),[327] and again from 11 September 2017 until 15 October 2018 (Novak Djokovic became the new No. In a stunning upset, Tsitsipas defeated Federer in four close sets. His annual income is around $106.3 Million. They also met in the finals of the Swiss Indoors in 2012, 2013 and 2017, with del Potro prevailing on first two occasions, and Federer on last one of them in tight three-set matches. [50] This, coupled with early losses to David Nalbandian at Cincinnati and the US Open, denied Federer the chance to become No. [128] I often hear the race to the highest, it is a pointless subject. After Federer won the first professional match they played, Murray dominated the first half of the rivalry, leading 85 in 2010, while the second half of the rivalry was dominated by Federer, who leads 93 from 2011 onwards. However, he withdrew from the tournament before his fourth-round match citing knee problems, giving a walkover to Matteo Berrettini of Italy. In an interview, Federer once said of Mirka: 'As long as I wake up in the monring and she is next to me, that's all that matters.