Roger Federer in historic Paris win

Roger Federer has joins the live of Fred Perry, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Andre Agassi as the only men to have won all four Grand Slam titles. Federer beat Robin Soderling in straight sets to win his first French Open and equal Pete Sampras’s record of 14 Grand Slam titles. The world number two Federer becomes only the sixth man to have won each of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

Federer joins Fred Perry, Don Budge, Roy Emerson, Rod Laver and Andre Agassi as the only men to have won all four Grand Slam titles.

The Swiss produced a near-faultless display in testing conditions to dominate Sweden’s Soderling, a shock
finalist, from start to finish. He wrapped up a 6-1 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 victory in one hour and 55 minutes.

“It was probably my greatest victory, I was under big pressure, I did it and it’s phenomenal. It was great to be on the podium as a winner for a change. Andre said it was my destiny to win this and that I deserved it” said Federer. Soderling also admitted that, “Roger was too good for me today, he played much better. He is a worthy winner and for me he is the best player in history. He gave me a lesson in how to play tennis.”

Federer has now won five Wimbledon titles, five US Opens, three Australian Opens and one French Open, a triumph that will go some way to silencing those who claimed his career was on the slide amid the rise of world number one Rafael Nadal.