French Open - 'How on earth?' - Roger Federer with round-the-net stunner to win wild point at Roland Garros
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Updated 05/06/2021 at 21:08 GMT
"Oh he's got the point! How on earth?!" No one could quite believe how Roger Federer managed to slide, curl a shot round the net and win a crazy point during his French Open third-round match against Dominik Koepfer of Germany. It was a quite ridiculous shot from the 39-year-old eighth seed, who is aiming to win his 21st Grand Slam title in Paris this fortnight.
'How on earth?' - Federer with round-the-net stunner to win wild point
Roger Federer would have wowed the fans, if there were any for the evening match at the French Open, as he produced a round-the-net stunner to win a wild point.
The Swiss superstar was taking on Dominik Koepfer in their third-round match in the late evening slot on Court Philippe Chatrier with no fans inside the stadium.
Federer would have had the spectators on their feet with a quite outrageous sliding effort to curl a shot round the net with his opponent unable to get it back in play.
It was a quite ridiculous shot from the 39-year-old eighth seed, who is aiming to win his 21st Grand Slam title in Paris this fortnight.
"Oh he's got the point!" exclaimed Simon Reed, on commentary for Eurosport at the time.
How on earth?!
Eurosport expert Miles Maclagan added: "He's got it! Anywhere in the court will do."
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The three most successful players in the history of the men's game have won 17 of the last 20 Grand Slam titles between them.
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