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Stuck on the jab, and stupidity

Post author By thedaleygator
Post date March 6, 2023
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Novak Djokovic will not participate in the BNP Paribas Open this month after the Biden administration denied his entry to the United States, due to him being unvaccinated against COVID-19.

Djokovic, 35, requested a vaccine waiver, which would have allowed him to enter the U.S. unvaccinated, but it was rejected by the Homeland Security Department.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion subsequently withdrew from the combined ATP-WTA event, which begins Wednesday at Indian Wells Tennis Garden in Indian Wells, California.

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Roger Federer

Roger Federer retires

Post author By thedaleygator
Post date September 15, 2022

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Another all-time great has left tennis behind, as Switzerland’s Roger FEDERER has decided he is done at age 41

Roger Federer will retire following next week’s Laver Cup in London, the 41-year-old tennis star announced Thursday morning, officially ending a chapter in which tennis was dominated by the Big Three, and he was credited with bringing grace and artistry to a sport dominated by heavy-hitters

Widely regarded as one of the sport’s best ever, Federer will retire with 20 Grand Slam titles, trailing only his younger “Big Three” rivals Rafael Nadal (36) and Novak Djokovic (35).

Federer called his retirement a “bittersweet decision,” explaining his “body’s capacities and limits and its message to me lately has been clear” as the Swiss national has struggled to stay on the court in recent years due to injuries.

The announcement was not a major shock since Federer has not competed since July 2021, when he lost in the Wimbledon quarterfinals.

It comes just after his contemporary on the women’s tour, Serena Williams, 40, retired after a third-round loss at the U.S. Open last month.

“Tennis has treated me more generously than I ever would have dreamt,” Federer said. “To the game of tennis: I love you and will never leave you.”

AND, tennis made Federer RICH

$90.7 million. That’s how much Federer earned last year, thanks to $90 million in endorsements, making him the seventh highest-paid athlete in the world. He earned by far more off the court than any other athlete, blowing past the second most-endorsed athlete, LeBron James, who netted $80 million in endorsements last year. Federer earned $130.6 million in prize money on the court throughout his 24-year career, the third-most ever on the ATP Tour, though it was his lucrative endorsements that consistently placed him among the highest-paid athletes in the world throughout his career.
Federer spent more than 300 weeks as the world No. 1. Federer is considered the greatest player on grass, winning a record eight times at Wimbledon. He and the Big Three were so dominant that since 2003 they have won 63 of the past 77 Grand Slam titles. Federer passed his idol Pete Sampras’s Grand Slam record of 14 when he won Wimbledon in 2009, and last won a Grand Slam in 2018, when he won what seemed an unbreakable record 20th title by capturing the Australian Open. Since then, Djokovic (21) and Nadal (22) have edged past him.