Roger Federer Voted as ITF Champion of Champions
Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer has been voted as the ITF Champion of Champions - a virtual tournament held online by the International Tennis Federation over the past week.
The tournament featured all the male and female tennis players who have been named ITF World Champions in men's and women's singles since 1978.
Fans voted for the winners in each round through the Twitter account.
Federer defeated another former World No. 1 Andy Murray in the final by a very close margin - 51% to 49%.
The 20-time Grand Slam singles champion had earlier been voted over Aussie Lleyton Hewitt in the second round, Czech Petra Kvitova in the third round, nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova in the quarter-finals and 22-time Grand Slam champion Steffi Graf in the semi-finals.
Several other events, including the Indian Wells tournament and the Barcelona Open have been having similar events online during the tennis shutdown.
The Madrid masters is also having a Virtual Pro event starting 27th April, where players will compete using PlayStation 4. Rafael Nadal and Andy Murray are among those who will participate in the tournament.
By the tightest of margins 😱 You've crowned @rogerfederer as the #ITFChampionOfChampions, beating Andy Murray by 51% to 49%! pic.twitter.com/jyLq0Kfxe9
— ITF (@ITF_Tennis) April 25, 2020
R1 - Bye R2 - d. Hewett R3 - d. Kvitova QF - d. Navratilova SF - d. Graf F - d. Murray The champion of all ITF World Champions 🏆#ITFChampionOfChampions pic.twitter.com/KwcwFYjP3i
— ITF (@ITF_Tennis) April 25, 2020
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