Federer aiming to replace Andre Agassi as the oldest No 1
Friday 16 February 2018 13:43, UK
Philipp Kohlschreiber may have lost his last-16 clash at Rotterdam's ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to Roger Federer, but he produced the shot of the match.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion made it through to the quarter-finals, although he was made to sweat by Germany's Kohlschreiber.
Kohlschreiber forced the first set in the Netherlands to a tie-break, which Federer won before taking the match 7-6 (10-8) 7-5.
But the shot of the match came when Federer's remarkable instinctive return was met by a sublime no-look drop shot by Kohlschreiber for a winner. Click on the video above to see his moment of genius.
The Swiss legend is now just victory away from becoming the oldest world No 1 in tennis history. A win in the last eight would it take him back to the top of the ATP Rankings for the first time in more than five years.
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