This year's Feliciano Lopez is 40 years old. On the World ATP rankings, the Spanish tennis player ranked 108th. However, he is still playing persistently and recently broke an impressive record.
Specifically, Lopez is one of 96 players attending the Indian Wells Masters 2021. After passing the qualifying round, he had a Tommy Paul encounter and received a 0-2 defeat. This is also the 139th appearance of this old general at Masters 1000 playground, thereby helping him officially broke the record 138 matches held by Roger Federer.
When asked about this record, Lopez was quite surprised: “Really? I really don't know anything. I participated in many tournaments, but did not think I broke such an impressive record at Indian Wells Masters.
The fact that we play at the age of 40 is really unusual. Roger is currently suffering from knee injuries, and I am quite lucky to have no serious problems and still continue to play. I think I can be satisfied and happy for that
The important thing for me now is to continue to play and attend another Masters 1000. Today records are small gifts that tennis bring to me, ”Lopez shared.
Feliciano Lopez started playing professional tennis since 1997. In his career, he has won a total of 7 ATP titles. In 2005, Lopez became the first Spanish southern player to the quarterfinals of Wimbledon since 1972.
As for Federer, the speed train is still in the process of nourishing the knee after the third surgery. He will definitely miss the rest of 2021 and are expected to re -export at the Australian Australia expansion of 2022.
