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Roger Federer praised Roman Josi

Former world number 1 and 20-time Grand Slam tournament champion Roger Federer sent a message of greetings to some of his countryman and in particular National Hockey League (NHL) star Roman Josi.

The latter won the prestigious Norris Trophy for being the best defender of the NHL in the 2019-2020 season.

Roger Federer's congratulatory message to Roman Josi

Roman Josi is the captain of the NHL Nashville Predators and in the last season he showed great performances especially in defense that allowed him to win the illustrious Norris Trophy award. The mayor of Nashville declared 23/09/2020 as the day dedicated to this well-known athlete and during the celebrations they sent Josi a video message from his idol, the tennis champion Roger Federer.

The former world number 1 sent this video message with the following statements: "I am Roger Federer. I wanted to congratulate Roman Josi on winning the Norris Trophy, the trophy that rewards the best defensive player in the NHL. I am a huge hockey fan and I wanted to send you my compliments from Switzerland. It is also a great satisfaction because you are the first Swiss to win this trophy. "

Roman Josi is a big fan of Roger Federer and in the video message Roger also defined himself as Roman's biggest fan: "I know Roman has been a big fan of mine for a long time, I've known him for 10 years. Today I am your then big fan, I am very happy for you and proud for your work "Federer and Josi are two of the greatest sportsmen in the world in Switzerland. Roger is not the only tennis player who is passionate about ice hockey but also the Canadian Denis Shapovalov has repeatedly reminded him to follow this sport a lot.

Currently the 20-time Grand Slam winner is stopped due to injury and will remain stationary for the remainder of 2020. Roger's goal is to return to the Australian Open 2021 and aim for his two biggest goals, which is to try to win another. Wimbledon and the Tokyo 2021 Olympics. Meanwhile, from 28 September to 11 October there will be the French Open 2020. An edition with many doubts due the Covid-19 global pandemic which is hitting Europe, especially France.

There shoud be the presence of the crowd, despite the numbers are not still so cleare, because they talked about 1000 or 5000 people. The main news of the Parisian Slam are, of course, the retractile-roof on the Philippe Chatrier court and the lights of the same court, in order to allow players to get the court also in the evening session.



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