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Tennis Journalist @Raquetcom • Press Officer for FPT • Digital @EstorilOpen | Chasing fuzzy yellow balls around the country and across borders.

Lisboa, Portugal
Joined April 2012
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Andy Murray’s career explained in a single point. Oh my goodness!
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When a picture is worth a thousand words.
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37yo Roger Federer with the shot of the tournament so far. It's unreal #USOpen
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If you’re talking to someone who’s new to tennis and you wanna tell him/her how good Daniil Medvedev is, you might want to start by showing this point.
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Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words…
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Nadal on Federer during their 1:55am press conference: "With Roger's farewell, a part of me has left with him."
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Imo, completely unnecessary celebration from 36-year-old Novak Djokovic after beating a 20-year-old Ben Shelton, who was playing the biggest match of his carreer in front of his home crowd and was *never* disrespectful towards him.
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Novak Djokovic doing the Ben Shelton celebration 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Morgan Riddle (Taylor Fritz's girlfriend) on Instagram after his win from two sets to love down against Alexander Zverev at #Wimbledon
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2 years
Roger and Mirka Federer. That's it. That's the tweet.
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2 years
Rafael Nadal and Casper Ruud played an exhibition match in front of 30.000 fans at the Plaza de Toros in Mexico City last night.
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Rafael Nadal and his wife Xisca Perello with Felipe VI, the King of Spain in the background. The off-court photograph of the year, absolutely brilliant.
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Daniil Medvedev: "By being a tennis player, I want to promote peace all over the world. We play in so many different countries; I've been in so many countries as a junior and as a pro. It's just not easy to hear all this news. ... I'm all for peace."
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January 2019: Andy Murray leaves the Australian Open in tears January 2023: Andy Murray receives a standing ovation after beating Matteo Berrettini in the fifth set tie-break, saving a match point in the process Tennis, what a beautiful sport.
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3 years
Four. Months. Apart. Rafael Nadal. The greatest fighter in sports history?
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Juan Martin del Potro. Ash Barty. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. Serena Williams. Roger Federer. 2022, you've been hard to handle.
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Alcaraz’s pinned posts on Instagram tell you everything you need to know about his tennis résumé. I think this is what they call “a flex”.
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Breaking news: COPE reports that the Spanish Government is now investigating whether unvaccinated Novak Djokovic entered the country ilegally in late December.
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Jannik Sinner is the best player in the world and has the best agent in the world.
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Sabalenka on 9WWOS after seeing her coach in tears: "There was a moment last year when he said 'I think I'm done, I can't give you anything else.' & I was like 'No, it's not you, we just have to work through these tough moments & we'll come back stronger."
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The best part of the speeches? When Coco Gauff took over and started saying whatever she wanted instead of having to answer unnecessary questions. The sooner tennis starts understanding this...
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Carlos Alcaraz is now: — The youngest man ever to become World No. 1 (19 years, 4 months, 6 days old) — The youngest man ever to win a Grand Slam title on all three surfaces (21 years, 1 month, 3 days old) — The first man to win his first 3 Major titles on 3 different surfaces
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Novak Djokovic sobbing uncontrollably with his team after winning the Australian Open. A very emotional celebration from the new/old World No. 1, by far the most emotional of his career.
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3 years
Rafael Nadal becomes the first male player in the Open Era to win at least one title in 19 different seasons, surpassing Federer & Agassi (both with 18 seasons).
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2022 Australian Open will be Rafael Nadal's first-ever Grand Slam tournament without both Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the draw.
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2 years
Women’s final >>> men’s final
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I might be late but it’s the first time I see a line judge in a wheelchair. Tennis definitely has many flaws, but there’s also a lot to be proud of. #RolandGarros
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Rafael Nadal explaining on Eurosport that he played with "no feeling in the foot and an injection on the nerve, so the foot was asleep" #RolandGarros
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Fritz on Rinderknech’s comments: “As soon as I saw it, the match was basically over. I'm a very chill person. I don't do anything that could rub people the wrong way, so when someone kind of just goes out of their way to take a shot at me, then I'm not just going to take it. It
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Zverev was asked about his conversation with Fritz at the net in the end: "His team is extremely respectful. I think his coach, his physio, also his second coach, they're extremely respectful. I think there's some other people that maybe are in the box that are not maybe from the
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Roger Federer slowly getting back.
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The year is still 2022 and Rafael Nadal already has one of the quotes of the 2023 season: "Every time that I come to a press conference it seems like I have to retire."
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5 years
Roger Federer. Rafael Nadal. ~ 48.000 spectators. Cape Town. World Record.
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Tsitsipas on Kyrgios: "It's constant bullying. He bullies his opponents. He was probably a bully in school, too... I don't like bullies. He has a very evil side to him." #Wimbledon
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1 year
Just Daniil Medvedev running from New Jersey to Queens to hit a slice backhand passing shot on the stretch against Carlos Alcaraz. One of the best shots you’ll see all tournament. Terrific.
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Roger Federer has never retired from a tennis match. He's 38yo. He has played 1512 professional singles matches.
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3 years
Azarenka just lost a 3h04 final in one of the biggest events of the year yet she went to Badosa's bench to congratulate her for a second time and never stopped smiling during her speech. To know how to lose is, quite often, the biggest win.
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Total capacity of Rod Laver Arena, Court Philippe-Chatrier, Centre Court and Artur Ashe Stadium combinated: ~ 68.000 Live viewers of Djokovic vs. Australia's Minister for Immigration on Youtube: ~84.000
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2 years
Rafael Nadal killing it on Twitter before the start of the #LaverCup .
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"Peace. End gun violence", Coco Gauff writes in the camera lens after booking her spot in the #RolandGarros final.
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Terrible news for basically everyone else: Iga Swiatek will have even more time to prepare for the Paris #Olympics on clay.
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6 years
Speaking of shot of the tournament, a quick #throwback to when the same Roger Federer, at the same #USOpen , won one of the most famous points in recent history.
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1 year
Time flies.
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Novak Djokovic, Carlos Alcaraz and Iga Swiatek all in the same “box” watching the battle between Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev here on Court Philippe-Chatrier #RolandGarros
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3 years
35-years-old Rafael Nadal welcomed 97-years-old Leonid Stanislavskyi to his academy in Manacor today. The Ukranian is the world's oldest competitive male tennis player and visiting the academy was one of his dreams.
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You cannot make this up: a 50cm eastern brown snake — considered the second most venomous snake in the world — interrupted the Thiem-McCabe qualifying battle in Brisbane 😳 (video via Lblklk on Reddit)
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Roberto Martínez is a man on a mission. The mission being wasting talented generations from Belgium and Portugal in back-to-back jobs 🙃
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2 years
Rafael Nadal is 90-0 in #RolandGarros when winning sets 1 & 2.
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"We need to suffer. And we need to fight." — Nadal, Rafael Nadal
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Pat Cash to BBC about Nick Kyrgios: "He's brought tennis to the lowest level I can see as far as gamesmanship, cheating, manipulation, abuse, aggressive behavior to umpires, to linesmen. Something has got to be done about it. It's just an absolute circus." #Wimbledon
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Rod Laver says it would be in Djokovic’s “best interests" to open up on his exemption. “If he’s got a reason then... We should know it. Yes, you’re a great player and you’ve performed and won so many tournaments, so it can’t be physical. So what is the problem?”
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Tsitsipas in his press conference: "In a way it felt like a circus. You get tired of it. The constant talking. The constant complaining. We're there to play tennis, not to have dialogues." #Wimbledon
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Iga Swiatek wearing a customized Asics jacket with three stars (three Grand Slam titles) and "1GA" for the #USOpen trophy ceremony.
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Jannik Sinner taking over London. He’s everywhere!
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I just had to 🤷🏻‍♂️ #RolandGarros
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Hilarious sequence on Court Philippe-Chatrier as Djokovic celebrates a tough point with a long roar, gets booed by the crowd, then roars louder in the next point and gets even more booed. French fans having some fun at 10:14pm...
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Rafael Nadal just confirmed on Instagram that his live #AskRafa (6:00pm CET) will feature Roger Federer, Andy Murray and Marc Lopez.
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Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton sharing a moment in the player gym *after* their quarter-final match. Great sportsmanship from both.
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Roger Federer gets the biggest cheer of the day as he walks on Centre Court. #Wimbledon
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Verdasco VERY upset with the wild-cards for Madrid M1000: "It's my city, I played it for 17 years and now that I need it they give wild cards to a World No. 500 & one French. Pouille is my friend, but it makes no sense. It's like Paris-Bercy giving me a wild-card instead of him."
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Azarenka to Marija Cicak during the coin toss ahead of her match against Keys: "I saw your mistake yesterday" — followed by a priceless reaction from Keys. "Thank you, that's a nice way to start. I take that. We all make mistakes" replies Cicak. Keys just can't stop laughing 😂
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Stefanos Tsitsipas receives a wild card and joins World No. 1 Daniil Medvedev (defending champion), Hubert Hurkacz, Denis Shapovalov, Pablo Carreño Busta and Nick Kyrgios (also a wild card) in next week's Mallorca ATP 250.
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Good news for Novak Djokovic: the American government said on Monday that all covid-19 emergency measures will end on May 11, meaning the Serbian will have a green light to enter the country after that — US Open (and Cincinnati, etc) now possible.
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@YawfettiTheOne_ That's a fake quote, but congratulations for believing everything you find online.
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I've heard boos for so many random reasons in the last few days that I'm honestly having a hard time trying to understand how Zverev manages to escape the typical French booing and instead gets standing ovations even though there's a trial for domestic abuse taking place.
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What a great moment from #Goffin 's speech: "Id like to thank my team, family, girlfriends. Girlfriend, sorry, without the s" [via @TennisTV ]
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Roger Federer stealing the show with a sort of Rafael Nadal trademarked shot. Beautiful!
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Pure perfection from #Wimbledon for Andy Murray’s special ceremony on Centre Court. Absolutely brilliant.
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Laura Robson: "I wore some rainbow hairbands on Margaret Court Arena after she said pretty inexcusable things. If you're passionate about something you should stand up for what you believe in. I was happy to do it 10 years ago, I'm happy to do it today."
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Casper Ruud just did this. In a Grand Slam final. Against Novak Djokovic. Brilliant.
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Nadal: "My months were not tough at all compared to what a lot of people have been going through, but in terms of personal things every day there's been an issue. The doubts will be here for the rest of my career. But it's amazing to be able to compete at an high level again."
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2 years
Paula Badosa on Instagram about the US Open balls. It really makes no sense that the tournament is still using different balls for women and men. Lighter balls = harder to control = more errors. Worst than that: they're not available abroad, so players can't practice with them.
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Nadal asked about masks + other safety measures on his team: "Paranoia no, reality. A good friend of mine had to pull out today. When this kind of stuff happens it's because probably there are a lot of cases around. I'm just staying here and in the house, not going out anymore."
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3 years
Update: Novak Djokovic now facing legal issues in three different countries...
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This of course means that Djokovic is facing legal issues in two different countries...
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Nadal on Swiatek: "I texted her a couple of times because it's unbelievable the way she's playing. When she's playing well it's very difficult to stop her, because her shots are a little bit different. A lot of power and she's able to move well." #Wimbledon
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More from Fritz: “He asked me what I said. I told him what I said. He told me he was in doubles still. I said, Oh, congrats, good for you. Then he started acting like, Why are you blah, blah, blah? I'm like, Dude, you know what you said. You know what you said. Don't disrespect
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7 years
A baby started crying, interrupting one of Bedene's serves. Federer: "It's not mine." Brilliant.
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Well this was a very, very, VERY stupid idea from Fritz. What the well was he expecting when playing the last French standing in the tournament? I’ll never understand players from a Slam country not being able to hold it together in an hostile atmosphere.
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Tsitsipas in his press conference: "I don't think there's any reason for me to be affected by today's loss. It's a step forward. I'm looking forward to scoring more points during the season, making bigger results and fighting for bigger trophies. I couldn't be more excited."
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Federer & Nadal playing doubles in a packed O2 Arena in London. That's something every tennis fan would pay good money to watch.
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Stan Wawrinka will play his first match since March 2021 at the Andalucía Open, an ATP Challenger 125 happening next week in Marbella.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, my new favorite service motion. By Elizabeth Jurna from Estonia. "I fall asleep when she serves, that's the problem", her opponent Julita Saner keeps saying.
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Rafael Nadal is 100-1 in #RolandGarros after winning the opening set. His only loss? To Novak Djokovic in last year's semi-finals.
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This is the first time #Serena Williams plays a three-hour match at the #USOpen . It's her 109th US Open singles match.
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The moment Aryna Sabalenka became a Grand Slam champion for the first time. It was a phenomenal battle with Elena Rybakina.
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One of the best on court interviews you will EVER see. Popyrin can barely put into words what he's feeling and in the meantime the crowd goes absolutely crazy screaming his name. The glow in his eyes tells you everything you need to know to be honest.
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Ukrainian Roman Yaremchuk in tears as he receives a standing ovation from everyone at Estádio da Luz (Benfica), Lisboa. What a moment.
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June 2021: leaves Roland-Garros in a wheelchair June 2021: right knee surgery July 2021: wins Wimbledon R1 three weeks later March 2022: Indian Wells champion Not bad, right?
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Wawrinka, Stan Wawrinka.
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Daniil Medvedev asks the crowd on Rod Laver Arena to "show some respect to Jim Courier, he won here. I cannot hear him, guys!" What an interview.
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"It has been a perfect journey. I would do it all over again." — Roger Federer Wouldn't we all?
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A disaster of a weekend for Stefanos Tsitsipas at the iconic Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, where Greece just lost 3-1 to Slovakia in the #DavisCup World Group I. Was 3 points away from defeat vs. Word No. 149 Lukas Klein (who retired at 0-4 in the decisive set) Lost the
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Ridiculous celebration from Garin considering the circumstances, he’s being booed by the crowd before the on-court interview.
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January 2019: Andy Murray leaves the Australian Open in tears January 2023: Andy Murray wins a 4h49 first round after saving a match point and then a 5h45 second round — the longest match of his career. Living legend.
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Going back a couple hours just to say I was surprised w/ this answer from Raducanu about tomorrow’s UK general election. Always find it a bit disappointing when personalities with her visibility ignore decisive moments for society. Quite an opportunity to spread the word, too…
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Big news: Rafa Nadal Academy has made its facilities available for ATP and WTA elite players to "reside, train and compete between themselves in matches that will be televised."
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Tsitsipas: "One of my favorite actresses is Australian, Margot Robbie. (...) It'd be nice to see her overthere one day. Courier: "So you're officialy extending an invitation to Margot Robbie? I just want to be crystal clear." Tsitsipas: "Absolutely." 😂
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Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka, take a bow. 3h11 of an outstanding battle between the two best players in the world. Unbelievable resilience from both and this is an instant classic. One of the best finals I’ve ever watched.
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If Daniil Medvedev goes on to win the #AusOpen then this has to be elected the luckiest shot of the decade. RIGHT?
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Ladies and Gentlemen, your 2020 Australian Open top half semifinalists...
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Roger Federer doing Roger Federer things in the last match of his career 🤷‍♂
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