Roger Federer’s wife Mirka has sent tennis fans into meltdown after wearing a jumper with a goat on the front at Paris Fashion Week. Federer isn’t playing at the Australian Open this year after announcing his retirement from tennis in 2022.
However he has remained in the public eye and made his annual appearance at Paris Fashion Week recently. Accompanied by wife Mirka, Federer mingled with the likes of Anna Wintour, Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin.
But the talk of the tennis world is the jumper that Mirka wore. Federer’s wife made her feelings about her husband known with a big blue goat emblazoned on the front of her black outfit.
In the sporting world, ‘GOAT’ usually stands for ‘greatest of all time’. Fans have been debating for years about who is the tennis GOAT, with Federer often regarded as the best male player of all time.
However the Swiss champion’s haul of 20 grand slam titles has been overtaken by Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic in recent years. Nadal now has 22 after winning the Australian and French Open titles in 2022, while Djokovic has 21 after winning at Wimbledon.
With Nadal suffering a shock loss in the second round in Australia last week, Djokovic has a huge chance to equal his record with a 22nd major. In women’s tennis, many believe 23-time grand slam champion Serena Williams in the GOAT, however some point to Margaret Court’s haul of 24 majors – most of which were won before the ‘Open era’ of professional tennis.
