The ‘Swiss Maestro’ Roger Federer got an emotional farewell in his last tournament, the Laver Cup. It has been a year of retirements in tennis as American legend Serena Williams also retired after the US Open. While tennis as a sport is pretty popular, it surprised many of its ardent fans when stars like Djokovic and Nadal surpassed every other sport in Google searches this year.

However, the most searched tennis entities list doesn’t have Roger Federer on it. Unsurprisingly, fans of the 20-time Grand Slam champion weren’t pleased with this stat, and they showcased their disappointment on social media. Here’s how some reacted to this news on Reddit.

Fans react as Roger Federer fails to make it to the top searched sports entities

With the Gala farewell and emotional fans taking over social media, Federer was someone we all expected to top the charts of the most searched-for entity on Google. However, to everyone’s utter surprise, the list has Novak Djokovic on the top.

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Interestingly, the top three sports entities are all from tennis. Following Djokovic, Spanish legend Rafael Nadal sits in the second spot, while recently retired, American tennis great Serena Williams made it to the third spot. Here’s how fans reacted to the above news.

A fan found the funny side of the reason Djokovic ended up in the top of the list.

One fan straight away denied the stat to be true.

Later, another user came up with a logical explanation for the above-mentioned statistics.

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Another fan gave his/her reason why tennis players have topped the chart. It was probably because the soccer world cup is being held in winter, rather than in the summer.

Djokovic’s controversies might have played a major role

Novak Djokovic undoubtedly is a big name in tennis. He is currently the second-highest Grand Slam winner. however, when we look at this year’s performance, he claimed Wimbledon but failed in the French Open. The most talked about point this year was his absence from the Australian Open and the US Open.

While in the US Open, the Serb didn’t travel due to vaccination policies, and in Australia, he had to return home after his visa was canceled. His return from Australia without participating in the Australian Open became a big controversy and an important talking point. As Djokovic makes it to the top of the trending players’ list on Google, it might just be the reason that pushed him up on the top.

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