Roger Federer may have lost Thursday's Australian Open semifinal to Rafael Nadal, but a poll of over 35,000 tennis fans has voted him the 'greatest ever' men's player.
The australianopen.com poll asks: 'Who is the greatest men's player of all time?'
Federer, the 16-time Grand Slam tournament champion, was, as of Friday morning, the emphatic winner of the poll as more than 70 per cent of people chose him as their greatest ever player. In total he has received well over 25,000 votes
A distant second, with less than a fifth of the votes of Roger, is Rafael Nadal, who has received just over 4,000 votes.
Former American ace Pete Sampras is third with six per cent of the vote, and Australian legend Rod Laver, who is at Melbourne Park this year to celebrate the 50th anniversary of his first Grand Slam, is fourth with about four percent of the total count.
Federer lost Thursday's four-set semifinal to Nadal 7-6, 2-6, 6-7, 4-6 at Rod Laver Arena.
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