Roger Federer learned the lesson: “This time I remembered it.”

Roger Federer has won the prestigious Wimbledon tournament eight times in his glorious career. However, the record winner was denied access to the site last year. The tennis legend is better prepared this year.

Once you win a Grand Slam tournament, you automatically become a member of the All England Lawn Tennis Club. However, if you don’t carry your membership card with you, even if you win eight times on the Sacred Grass, there will be no use.

Unfortunately, Roger Federer didn’t have his membership card with him last year, as he once revealed to host Trevor Noah on the talk show, “The Daily Show.” A spontaneous trip to the tennis club at Wimbledon turned into a fiasco.

“You must be a member”

The Swiss, who was traveling with the coach Severin Luthi, tried to enter the area through the guest entrance. “He got out of the car and told my coach that I would talk to the security officer. I can do it, ”thought Federer. But things turned out differently.

“Hey, just wondering how to get to Wimbledon,” said Federer, who stopped at the doorway. Where is the entrance? Then the unimpressed security guard wanted to see Federer’s access pass in the form of a membership card. Federer wasn’t with him. So I said, “No, I don’t have my membership card. But I am a member. I’m just wondering where you came from.”

“Yes, but you must be a member,” Federer did not get the answer he had hoped for and tried again: “When I am usually here, I play. (…) I am here now for the first time when the tournament is not going on. And I do not know who Where do I enter. This time, the immediate response was: “On the other hand, but you must be a member.”

No surrender from the security officer

So Federer turned to the security officer again and for the last time. “I looked at her and said, ‘I’ve won this tournament eight times. Please believe me, I’m a member. Where can I go?’” But the inspector remained firm.

On the other hand, he was more fortunate – the security personnel let the record winner in no way. In 2023, the 20-time Grand Slam winner is much better, he stated on social media. “This time I remembered it,” the Swiss wrote to Wimbledon and Trevor Noah.