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Roger Federer named as finest ever at Swiss Indoors

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Roger Federer received a very special award on Tuesday night, naming him as the greatest player ever to compete at the Swiss Indoors in his hometown of Basel.

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Federer has come a long way from the star-struck kid who used to ball-boy for the likes of Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi back in the 1990s. Little did anyone know that he would go on to eclipse them all as arguably the greatest of all time.

Federer reached his first Basel final as a promising 20 year old back in 2001 and was devastated to lose out to Tim Henman who dealt the Swiss a serve-volleying masterclass. However he finally broke through five years later and has gone on to win four Basel titles.    

“Obviously everyone knows how much the tournament here in Basel means to me,” Federer said at the presentation. “There’s a big voting going on here in Switzerland for this award. I haven’t seen so many people vote for a sporting award in a very long time. I’m happy so many people took part in it."

“That I was able to get the award was maybe not the biggest surprise because I’m the record holder of titles here in Basel after all and I am from here, so it was a bit of a home court advantage, but still it’s nice to go out and greet the Swiss fans. Roger Brennwald did a really good job. It was very emotional and very nice.”

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