Roger Federer has three tennis records Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic may never match

07.06.2022 - 09:05 msn.com

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Federer is currently rehabilitating as he seeks to make another return to the tennis court aged 40. The 20-time Grand Slam winner, who turns 41 in August, has not played since losing to Hubert Hurkacz in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last June.

Since then Federer has watched Nadal become a 21-time and 22-time Grand Slam winner with triumphs at the Australian Open and Roland Garros respectively.

It is unlikely the veteran will ever be level with the Spaniard again. But Nadal and Djokovic may never surpass Federer's sensational tally of Grand Slam match wins.

Boxing tennis athletics records Roger Federer Rafael Nadal Denis Shapovalov Roland Garros Romain Grosjean Hubert Hurkacz Conor Macgregor Phil Mickelson Andrew Symonds Spain Australia Madrid county Miami

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