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  • Federer Wins 98th Title In Stuttgart

    Federer Wins 98th Title In Stuttgart

    Roger Federer secured his 98th ATP title in Stuttgart with an impressive straight-sets victory over Milos Raonic of Canada 6-4 7-6(3).

    It was a first title on the grass courts of Stuttgart for Federer, who had been beaten here by Tommy Haas (2017) and Dominic Thiem (2016).

    Federer, who turns 37 in August will now travel to Halle to defend his title at the Gerry Weber Open before launching his Wimbledon campaign.

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    Post Match Interview:

    The veteran Swiss also returns to Number One in the World Rankings and spoke with the media after the match.

    It’s been a lot of fun this week. I played great in the in the big moments. I was there especially against Kyrgios and Raonic so I’m very pleased you know.

    The fans were absolutely amazing – they came up in big numbers and really supported me all week and at the end.

    I played some of my best tennis already right away you know on my comeback so it’s a great feeling.

    I’m first of all very pleased that I can go as a world number one to Halle, a place where I’ve enjoyed so much success and where I have such a close relationship to the tournament and the family and the fans over there. So I’ll be travelling there tomorrow and then get ready for my match. I think I’m playing already on Tuesday so only one day off with the travelling so it’s gonna be quite hectic you know from now till then. But no problem, I signed up for it and I can’t I can’t wait to play again actually.

    Federer was presented with a Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 4MATIC Coupe in addition to his prize money.

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  • The Top 10 Social Media Followings in Men’s Tennis

    The Top 10 Social Media Followings in Men’s Tennis

    Swiss superstar Roger Federer is deemed by many to be greatest of all time when it comes to tennis records and accolades, but can he add the title of King of Social Media to his list of achievements?

    Tennis Frontier went on a fact-finding mission to see which players were rocking the realm of Cyberspace with social media followings.  We checked out the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram followings of the major players. Overall figures are shown in brackets.

    No.10 David Ferrer (Followers: 1,562,114)

    The diminutive Spanish baseliner, David Ferrer has utilised Twitter well, engaging the public and boasts a whopping 1.15 million followers on that channel (down from a high of 1.4 million). Ferrer has also tapped into Facebook but his numbers are negated by a pretty meagre Instagram footprint.

    Facebook: 399,414
    Twitter: 1,150,000
    Instagram: 12,700

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    No.9 Kei Nishikori (1,905,105)

    Nishikori is a huge name in Japan and the likelihood is that he has his own huge following on Japanese social media channels, but in terms of Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, he weighs in at Number 9 on the list with just under 2 million followers.

    Facebook: 682,105
    Twitter: 888,000
    Instagram: 335,000

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    No.8 Grigor Dimitrov (1,923,449)

    Baby Fed has never quite lived up to his strapline on the court, but Grigor Dimitrov boasts the 8th largest social media following in men’s tennis. Dimitrov didn’t have an Instagram presence a couple of years ago but made up for lost time and now boasts a healthy following of 768,000 followers on that medium alone.

    Facebook: 698,449
    Twitter: 457,000
    Instagram: 768, 000

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    No.7 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (2,294,956)

    Tsonga is a likable fellow and this is reflected in his social media statistics. Good followings on Facebook and Twitter didn’t stop the Frenchman tapping into Instagram to boost his online profile.

    Facebook: 824,956
    Twitter: 989,000
    Instagram: 481,000

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    No.6 Stan Wawrinka (3,338,388)

    The Swiss star and three-time major winner has leveraged his success into building a social media following approaching three and a half million followers. Wawrinka has successfully tapped into the younger demographic, boasting a healthy 847,000 followers on Instagram.

    Facebook: 751,388
    Twitter: 1,740,000
    Instagram: 847,000

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    No.5 Juan Martin Del Potro (7,005,616)

    Del Potro wasn’t in the Top 10 two years ago when it came to social media followings.  Either his PR team is doing something well, or fans are piggybacking his resurgence to relevance.  The truth is likely somewhere in between.  Either way, Delpo has over 7 million followers – more than twice the number of Stan Wawrinka, who is only one place further back.

    Facebook: 2,085,616
    Twitter: 3,320,000
    Instagram: 1,600,000

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    No.4 Andy Murray (8,872,243)

    Murray was an early advocate of social media, particularly Twitter, and now boasts a healthy 8.8 million+ followers across the major channels.

    Facebook: 3,752,243
    Twitter: 3,720,000
    Instagram: 1,400,000

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    No.3 Novak Djokovic (19,447,035)

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    Former World Number One and iconic Serb, Novak Djokovic boats a staggering 19 million+ following, a huge increase on #4 Andy Murray.

    Facebook: 7,157,035
    Twitter: 8,490,000
    Instagram: 3,800,000

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    No.2 Roger Federer (32,294,374)

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    Arguably, the greatest player to pick up a tennis racquet, Roger Federer ranks #2 on our social media list with a whopping 32 million+ followers. Federer leads the sport on Instagram and Facebook followers. Despite joining Twitter less than two years ago, he has amassed a staggering 12.4 million fans. Such figures transcend the sport, yet he still falls marginally short of his long-term rival, Rafael Nadal

    Facebook: 15,094,374
    Twitter: 12,400,000
    Instagram: 4,800,000

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    No.1 Rafael Nadal (34,745,623)

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    The Spanish Bull boasts a staggering following of nearly 35 million and ranks #1 among active male tennis players. Nadal was an early advocate of Twitter but took to Facebook fairly late. He is second to Federer on Facebook and Instagram but his Twitter following propels him above the Swiss in the overall count. Nadal holds the GOAT title of social media.

    Facebook: 14,645,623
    Twitter: 15,600,000
    Instagram: 4,500,000

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