Tennis - Federer feeling 'lucky' ahead of hat-trick bid in Melbourne


  • Tennis
  • Sunday, 13 Jan 2019

Tennis - Australian Open - Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia - January 10, 2019-Defending champion Roger Federer of Switzerland holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup trophy in the official draw of Australian Open 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - As the tennis world continued to digest the prospect of Andy Murray's retirement, an evergreen Roger Federer pondered the "luck" of his longevity on Sunday ahead of his bid for a hat-trick of Australian Open titles.

Murray's announcement that Melbourne Park could be his last tournament as a professional has made 37-year-old Federer's career seem all the more miraculous.

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