Former tennis player Anastasia Pivovarova told that the Washington Hockey Club forward Alexander Ovechkina in terms of status and greatness in tennis, he is comparable to Marat Safin and Roger Federer.
Ovechkin is 39 years old and has scored two goals and provided three assists in seven games this season. The Russian scored 855 goals in regular NHL championships, according to this indicator he is second only to Wayne Gretzky (894). In total, Ovechkin played 1,433 games in the regular NHL championships, in which he scored 1,555 points.
— Are you following Ovechkin’s run in the NHL?
– Certainly! Everyone looks at Sasha. I think he will break the record, it will take two seasons.
— Who can Ovechkin be compared to in terms of greatness and status in tennis?
“With Marat Safin and Roger Federer,” Pivovarova told .
Safin won the US Open in 2000 and the Australian Open in 2005, and won two Davis Cups (2002, 2006) as a member of the Russian national team. Marat is the winner of 17 ATP tournaments (including 15 in singles). In 2016, Safin became the first Russian to become a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport (USA).
Federer is a 20-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments and a 6-time winner of the ATP final tournament in singles, winner of the 2014 Davis Cup as part of the Swiss national team, 2008 Olympic champion in men’s doubles. Roger has won a total of 111 ATP tournaments (including 103 in singles).
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