Former Manchester United coach reveals role Roger Federer played in 2008 Champions League win
Former Manchester United coach Rene Meulensteen has revealed the unlikely role Roger Federer played in the club’s 2008 Champions League triumph.
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Roger Federer played vital role in Man Utd beating Chelsea in Champions League final
Roger Federer unwittingly helped Manchester United topple Chelsea to win the Champions League and Premier League titles in 2008, former assistant Rene Meulensteen has revealed. The Red Devils completed a league and European double at the end of the 2007-08 season - with the help of 20-times Grand Slam champion Federer.
Meulensteen: Roger Federer helped win Man Utd the 2008 UCL final
There are at first glance seemingly few links between Manchester United and Roger Federer, but when the Red Devils won the Champions League in 2008, the tennis superstar helped them do it.
Roland-Garros 2022: Djokovic, Nadal, Alcaraz lead men's field
PARIS (AP) — Some of the men to watch at the French Open, which begins Sunday at Roland Garros:
'Nothing to recover': Nadal dismisses doubts over foot injury
Rafael Nadal has played down concerns over the chronic foot issue that resurfaced in Rome last week as he prepares to launch his bid for a 14th French Open title. The Spaniard limped to a third-round loss to Denis Shapovalov at the Italian Open, but practised in front of thousands of fans at Roland Garros on Wednesday without any obvious discomfort. "There is nothing to recover," Nadal told reporters Friday.
Roger Federer 'really inspired' by Rafael Nadal's Grand Slam win, hopes to 'hit ground running' on return from injury
Roger Federer says Rafael Nadal’s success this season has been “incredibly inspiring” as he looks to return to the top level after knee surgery. Federer, 40, has been out of action since losing in the Wimbledon quarter-finals last season. Ad/> He has undergone a third operation on his knee and it is not known when he will return to the tour, although he is scheduled to play the Laver Cup in September and the Swiss Indoors in October.
More buzz about Alcaraz than Nadal, Djokovic at Roland-Garros
PARIS (AP) — For the first time in a year, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are both entered in a major tournament — and, somehow, most of the buzz heading into the French Open is about Carlos Alcaraz, a teenager without one Grand Slam title to his name.