Roger Federer received an honorary sports award in Zurich yesterday for his accomplishments. The event also honored the Swiss athletes of the year – Mujinga Kambundji and Marco Odermatt. Federer received a huge standing ovation at the event that was televised on the main Swiss TV channel SRF.

Federer received the award from Viola Amherd, Federal Councilor and Minister of Sport. He retired at the Laver Cup this year after an impressive career in which he won 20 grand slam titles and more than 100 titles overall. Speaking at the event,, Federer said:

I am happy to have managed to move on to my post-career. It was something that I dreaded. But it went better than I thought

Roger Federer thanked everyone for their support over the years. He said he plans to follow other sports more closely in his retirement, something he wasn’t able to do while he was playing tennis.

Alycia Parks is on a tear winning back-to-back WTA 125K singles titles and rising to 75 in the world. Only three weeks ago, she was ranked 150. She also won the doubles title in Angers with Zhang Shuai. She moved up to 56 in the doubles rankings.

Parks has a huge serve. At the 2021 Us Open, she tied the record for the fastest serve held by Venus Williams. 2022 was a breakout year for Parks. She defeated former world number one Karolina Pliskova for her first Top 20 win at the Ostrava Open.

One area she needs to work on is her return of serve. Once she improves that, she will be a force in singles and doubles. Her game style is similar to Serena and Venus Williams. Alycia Parks and her sister were introduced to the game by their mother. Her mother encouraged her to pursue tennis as a career after seeing her potential.