Roger Federer’s dream of winning the Olympic gold medal has been dashed, but ‘Express Train’ Roger Federer is not too disappointed as his collection of t-shirts, rackets and shoes has stuck with him throughout his playing career. full of glory brought a ‘huge’ amount of money at the auction.

One week before competing at Wimbledon, tennis player considered “living legend” Federer decided to auction off 820 items in his personal collection at Christie’s auction house in London to raise funds for Federer. Foundation, a charity fund he founded to support children in education and health in South Africa. After two auctions, the Swiss legend’s collection fetched 4.7 million USD.

The total proceeds from the online and live auctions were more than 3 times the set target of 1.4 million USD. All of this money will be transferred to the Federer Foundation to support educational projects in southern Africa and Switzerland.

The auction of items from the career of the tennis player who won 20 Grand Slam titles took place in 2 sessions. The live auction on June 23 in London focuses on Federer’s career at four Grand Slam tournaments. The next online auction from June 23 to July 14 includes 300 items from other tournaments, dating back to his first appearance at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Auction house Christie’s said items sold online have found buyers from 44 countries and across six continents. The highlight of the online auction was a set of three rackets used by Federer at Wimbledon 2019, which sold for $225,000 – 23 times higher than the previous estimate of $9,600-14,000.

“The amount of money from the sale was unbelievable,” Federer said. I decided to auction these items because I thought it would do something meaningful for society. I am overwhelmed by the generosity and enthusiasm of fans from all over the world.”