Roger Federer recalls when he won a junior tournament in Italy at 16 years
Roger Federer once won a junior tournament when he was 16 years and 8 months old in Florence, northern Italy. For the Swiss, who has won 99 titles in his career on the Tour, every final he has played is special and he remembers his junior days quite well. 'I think I would remember something definitely of finals I did play,' said Federer. 'I remember the finals in Florence.
I still remember how the centre court looked. And it was maybe Filippo Volandri I played in the finals. You do remember those big-time matches. There is always something about it because it got you nervous or got you thinking. The hardest are sort of the second, third, fourth rounds, you know, at certain tournaments. So I think those are the ones that you just, you're trying to get by and when you do get by, you're right away the next match comes around and you don't have time to think about that one. Finals, won or lost, you take it with you to the next – on the trip. So you have more time to think about that one.'
Federer will play the Dubai Open in February. He is a seven-time former champion at the event and last won the title in 2015 (b. Novak Djokovic). Federer will be returning to Dubai after missing the tournament in 2018. In 2017, he lost in the second round to Evgeny Donskoy in three sets after initially having match points.
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2CRfsIm
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