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Roger Federer Is the Defending Australian Open Champion, but Not the Favorite

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PERTH, Australia — Amélie Mauresmo won her two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006 and retired three years later. She had no idea that Roger Federer, the man who won Grand Slam singles titles on those same weekends as her in 2006, would still be on top of his sport more than a decade later.

“I don’t know how he does it,” Mauresmo said. “What it puts on your body is huge. The training, the matches, the travel, the jet lag, anything.”

Mauresmo and Federer won the Australian Open and Wimbledon singles titles in 2006.