With his impending retirement, tennis legend Roger Federer dominates international sports newspapers. Dominik Wlazny, aka Marco Pogo, is currently on everyone’s lips because of his candidacy for the federal presidency in Austria. Curious: The two met at the turn of the millennium when Wlazny snatched a ball from the superstar in Vienna.
As a little boy, Dominik Wlazny did not miss the ATP tournament in the Wiener Stadthalle. The then 12-year-old boy worked as a ball boy. Among others in the game of none other than Roger Federer.
And it was during this game that a curious scene occurred. “When I was 12, I stole one of Roger Federer’s balls,” the federal presidential candidate revealed via Twitter as a ball thief. Wlazny overzealously snatched the ball away from the “Tennis Maestro” with the safety net. The result: a surprised Roger Federer.
Declaration of love at farewell
The Swiss said goodbye to his unique career on Thursday with a big declaration of love. “Finally, to the tennis game: I love you and will never leave you,” Federer wrote at the end of his resignation, which moved not only sports fans.
At the age of 41, the number one in the world has been bowing to his battered body for 310 weeks. “I have to recognize when it’s time to end my professional career,” Federer said. The Laver Cup in London next week should be his last assignment on the ATP tour. It is quite possible that Wlazny will not miss the farewell performance of the exceptional talent.
Source: Krone
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