Thomas Siniecki, Media365: published on Wednesday March 6, 2024 at 6:58 p.m.
She will be able to say it all her life: this seven-year-old child, certainly in table tennis, defeated Roger Federer!
It was not in table tennis that Roger Federer was the greatest player in history, however we recognize some of his tennis moves and his devastating one-handed backhand… but insufficient to defeat a little girl seven years old. The so-called Pineapple (or “pineapple” in French), originally from China, was pitted against the Swiss legend as part of a promotion by its Japanese equipment manufacturer. He lost 11-9 and took stock with his joke of the day: “She’s only been playing for two or three years, and I’ve been playing for 35… Thank you, good luck with everything!”
“I’m scared, it’s happening too quickly”
Pineapple does not seem particularly aware of the feat, perhaps she is still a little young to realize the pedigree of her opponent who won her last Grand Slam tournament when she was only a year old. … Always very focused in her match and without doing too much, she provoked the admiration of Roger Federer throughout the match, which was therefore played in a dry set.
“Nice shot”, “I’m scared”, “it’s happening too quickly”, these are some of the exclamations declaimed by “Rodgeur”. At 4-1 against him after another mistake on his part, a shot in the net, he began to wonder: “Maybe the chop, I don’t know…” Even coming back to 5-3 , he judged himself “already under pressure”. Having often taken advantage of the unforced errors of his slightly impatient and very offensive competitor, he did not have many opportunities to make the winning shot. He was able to string together two returns to get back to 7-7, which did not prevent him from sending a final ball into the net on the second match point, not without having released an incredible defensive forehand beforehand, away from the table.
2024-03-06 18:05:59
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