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Monday, 26 February 2007 |
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer beats Jimmy Connors' record
Swiss tennis star Roger Federer has achieved the impressive feat of having beaten Jimmy Connors' record to become the longest player to hold the world number one position.
Jimmy Connors was born in East St. Louis, Illinois, is currently coaching Andy Roddick, and is a former American champion tennis star that held the world number one spot for 160 consecutive weeks from July 1974 to August 1977. Jimmy Connors was also the world number one player a further eight times during his career.
Now Roger Federer, 25, ovetakes Jimmy Connors as the first man to hold the number one spot for 161 weeks in a row.
"I've been looking forward to this day and I'm very excited," Roger Federer said proudly, however, paying tribute to Jimmy Connors, he went on to add: "He's still got the record for most titles (109 to Federer's 46) which I don't think will ever be eclipsed."
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