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Atlanta Braves reached the 2021 World Series after winning Game-6 against Los Angeles Dodgers in the League Championship Series semifinals, ending the series 4-2, and reaching the final for the first time since 1999. Decisive, for victory in game 6, Puerto Rican winger Eddie Rosario.
His 3-point home run, in the fourth inning, broke the balance of the game. The Braves arrive at the World Series after 22 years of absence, the last time was in fact in 1999. While the last of their 3 titles dates back to 1995.
In the World Series they will challenge Houston Astros, who in the other semifinal eliminated the Boston Red Sox.
#WorldSeries type beat. #CLINCHED pic.twitter.com/Rl0pCIFlHS — MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2021
Take the field with the NL Champs.
pic.twitter.com/p5ManqiEC0 — MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2021
Roger Federer: "Anything I can do will only be a bonus"
Roger Federer's 2021 didn't go the way he himself and his fans would have liked. Not only did the Swiss phenomenon fail to repeat the miracle of 2017, but it was immediately clear how far it was from 100% of the condition.
The former world number 1 has played a pittance of 13 official matches this season, collecting the best results at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Favored by a not impossible draw, the 40-year-old from Basel reached the quarterfinals on Church Road, where he surrendered clearly to the Polish Hubert Hurkacz on Center Court.
That still remains the Swiss Maestro's last appearance on a tennis court, given his decision to forgo the Tokyo Olympics and have his right knee operated for the third time. His return will not take place before 2022, as long as the physicist grants him yet another return.
During a long interview with the microphones of GQ Magazine, the Maestro explained that he did not want to put any pressure on himself at this stage of his life. Federer said: "At this moment in my life, I realize I can't ask for anything better.
I have a beautiful wife and four children, there is no reason not to be happy like this. My daughters are already 12 years old, I was 28 when we brought them into the world. And then there are my boys, who have turned seven. I have a wonderful life and I can't really complain." The eight-time Wimbledon champion seems to have resigned himself to the idea of no longer being able to win the Grand Slams: "As for my career on the tour, what I will be able to do is just a bonus and an extra.
Now I can spend more time with my family and friends, as well as doing many things that I had been forced to put aside in previous years." The Swiss is destined to come out of the Top 10 for the first time since 2017, a detail that will not affect his newfound smile.
"It is clear that at my age I have a different perspective than all other players," admitted the eight-time Wimbledon champion. "On the one hand I am thrilled to be 40, on the other I often joke about it. I can't believe I hit 40, he's just crazy!
Overall, I am happy with the moment I am living in. I remember when I turned 20, I thought I knew who I really was. The reality is that I had absolutely no idea. At 30 you have a slightly clearer perception, while at 40 you are perfectly aware of your essence," continued Federer.