2023 will mark the first full season in tennis after the retirement of Roger Federer – here is a clip of him hitting one of the greatest tweeners ever.
Roger Federer will always be remembered as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. The 20-time Grand Slam champion had a phenomenal career that spanned over a couple of decades. He has mesmerized us over the years with his exceptional skills and jaw-dropping shots.
In this article, we will take a look back at one of the most phenomenal tweeners you will ever see. Any tweener is stunning to watch because of the difficulty level of the shot. It isn’t easy to pull off and can go terribly wrong if the timing of the shot isn’t on point. However, once executed perfectly, tweeners produce some of the loudest reactions from fans.
Federer hit some great tweeners during his career but one of his better ones came against Brian Dabul in the 2010 US Open. In the 9th game of the second set, Federer won the point by hitting a tweener that completely caught the Argentine off-guard. Dabul ended up wrong-footed as Federer’s shot wowed the fans in Flushing Meadows.
Roger Federer’s former coach Paul Annacone reveals an interesting quality of the Swiss superstar
American coach Paul Annacone worked with Roger Federer from 2010 to 2013. He recently gave an insight into Federer’s inquisitive nature by narrating an incident on a program for Tennis Channel.
The 59-year-old remembered the time when he met Federer for the first time. Annacone had asked Federer to do something but the latter asked how it would help his game before performing it.
“And one of the things that I found most interesting about Roger was that the first time I met him, we talked about doing something and I asked him to do it, and he said, “Why?” I said, “What do you mean why?” And he goes, “Well, when I was a kid, everyone used to call me the ‘Why Man’. I’m happy to do it but you have to tell me why and how does it fit into my game.” And that mantra lasted from the day he started to the day he stopped as a professional tennis player,” he added.
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