Federer awarded honorary Swiss Sports Award, receives standing ovation during presentation

Roger Federer was recently honoured during a ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland where he was given the honorary Swiss Sports Award for everything he did.

Listing everything that Federer did would take too long so we're not going to do it. Most tennis fans are quite familiar with it and since he retired recently, tributes have been going his way. His country honoured him with the Swiss Sports Award with a ceremony in Zurich recently where he was warmly embraced.

One of the most well-known Swiss people alive, Federer enjoys widespread popularity among tennis fans around the world. He's been noted as an important ambassador for the sport and a huge proponent of Swiss promotion around the world. For all of that, he received a standing ovation which you can see below.

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