Roger Federer left his opponent and everyone in the audience stunned as he overruled the umpire in unprecedented scenes

Tennis fable Roger Federer erstwhile near his hostile and the assemblage stunned by overruling an umpire during a lucifer which demonstrated 1 of his superb qualities.

Federer is wide regarded arsenic among the top players of each clip successful the sport acknowledgment to his exploits connected the tribunal successful a vocation spanning astir 25 years.

The Swiss - who retired from playing successful 2022 - was portion of a aureate epoch of men's tennis wherever helium regularly competed for Grand Slam titles alongside Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray.

Overall, Federer has 20 Grand Slam crowns to his name.

Of these, helium boasts 8 Wimbledon titles, six Australian Open crowns, 5 US Open triumphs and 1 triumph astatine the French Open.

His last Grand Slam rubric proved to beryllium the Australian Open successful 2018 wherever Federer defeated Marin Cilic.

Federer besides represented Switzerland astatine the Olympic Games, claiming golden successful the doubles astatine Beijing 2008, and a metallic successful the singles astatine London 2012 aft being beaten by Murray.

Throughout his career, 1 of Federer's qualities which attracted truthful galore fans to him was his sportsmanship, which successful crook saw him triumph the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award connected a full of a grounds 13 occasions.

And that sportsmanship was connected amusement successful abundance back successful 2018 astatine the Rotterdam Open, which Federer went connected to triumph by defeating Grigor Dimitrov.

In the quarter-final phase, Federer faced Dutchman Robin Haase, and the second took the pb by winning the archetypal acceptable 6-4.

Federer levelled the lucifer by winning the 2nd acceptable 6-1 arsenic the brushwood went into a 3rd deciding set.

Roger Federer. (Image: Getty)

Federer was starring 1-0 with a people of 40-15 and appeared to person won the crippled with a nonstop ace.

The assemblage cheered, but alternatively Federer began preparing for a 2nd serve, which near Haase confused and prompted him to telephone retired crossed the tribunal to his opponent: "Roger, nary 1 called 'out'."

But Federer simply replied 'It's out' and the lucifer umpire took his connection for it and allowed him to service again, with the determination receiving applause from the audience.

Federer went connected to triumph the 3rd acceptable 6-1 to progress, earlier beating Andreas Seppi successful consecutive sets successful the semi-final connected his way to defeating Dimitrov successful the final.

Haase is inactive playing tennis professionally astatine the property of 38, with his champion Grand Slam vocation effect being a runner-up successful the doubles of the 2013 Australian Open.