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Alla Zakarian

09-11-2018 | 13:32 Tennis
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Roger Federer beats Andy Murray to most popular tennis play in UK title

Roger Federer, 20-time Grand Slam winner, who has a gazillion on titles of his name, came second overall in the most popular contemporary sports personality in the UK poll, which was done by YouGov Ratings. Four-time Olympic gold medallist and distance runner Mo Farah topped the poll as he got a positive response from 73% of the respondents. Federer was second with a 62% positive opinion while 90% have heard of the Swiss player. However, he did attract a 4% negative opinion. Generation X had a 65% positive opinion, Baby Boomers 62% and Millennials 55%. Three-time Grand Slam winner Andy Murray was third overall and second in the tennis category with a 58% positive opinion. Ninety-five per cent have heard of him while he also attracted a 14% negative opinion. Murray scored highly with Millennials as 60% had a positive opinion with Baby Boomers second on 57% and Gen X third with 52%. Spaniard Rafael Nadal was the third tennis player in the top 10 as the 17-time Grand Slam winner came in at No 5 with a 54% positive opinion. Novak Djokovic was down in 14th place (46% positive opinion), just one place ahead of Serena Williams, who is the first female tennis player on the list and fifth most popular contemporary tennis player.

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