ROTTERDAM. Roger Federer makes history once more.

2 records broken

At 36 years of age, the Swiss sensation becomes the oldest world no.1 in tennis history beating Andre Agassi that achieved this feat at 33 years.

Roger also broke another record to be the man that has regained the world no.1 rank after the longest period (5 years and 106 days)

STORY

After winning the Australia Open, Roger was just 155pts behind Rafael Nadal. The Swiss was expected to play the “home tournament” in Dubai where he has the residence the upcoming week. Instead, Roger opted to compete one week before in Rotterdam where he needed to reach the semifinal to regain the world no.1 rank.

Roger managed to reach the final 4 after defeating Robin Haase, as Federer had to deal with some nerves. After losing the first set, the Swiss Maestro found his range, and he conceded nothing to his opponent to finally win 4-6 6-1 6-1.

I cannot believe it. FEDERER

Soon after winning the match Roger commented about his new record to say

“I think reaching No. 1 is one of, if not the ultimate achievement in our sport. So sometimes at the beginning you just all of a sudden get there just because you’re playing so well. Later you sometimes try to fight it back, and you wrestle it back from somebody else who deserved to be there. And when you’re older, you know you feel like you have to put maybe sometimes double the work in.

So, this one maybe means the most to me [of any achievement] throughout my career, getting to No. 1 and enjoying it right here at 36, almost 37 years old. [It] is an absolute dream come true, I can’t believe it.”

Next vs. Seppi

There is no time to celebrate as Roger will have to face Andreas Seppi in the semifinal. The head to head is 13-1 for Roger.