Roger Federer wins Sportsman and Comeback of the Year at Laureus Awards

Federer's honors were his fifth and 6th since the Laureus Awards started in 2000, making him the most brightened champ in its history.

Roger Federer was the enormous victor at the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards on Tuesday night, getting the Sportsman of the Year and Comeback of the Year grants at the service in Monaco.

The Swiss tennis symbol, who recovered the world No 1 positioning in the wake of conquering genuine knee damage and winning his twentieth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open a month ago, fended off rivalry from Cristiano Ronaldo and Rafael Nadal to arrive the Sportsman of the Year grant.

Federer's honors were his fifth and 6th since the Laureus Awards started in 2000, making him the most improved victor in its history.

"This is an exceptionally extraordinary minute for me," Federer said. "Everybody knows how exceptionally I esteem my Laureus grants, so to win another would have been superb, however to win two is a genuinely remarkable respect. Thus sudden.

"I am enchanted and I might want to thank the Laureus Academy for all their help. It was an exceptional year for me, to return after an extremely troublesome 2016 and these Awards simply make it considerably more significant.

"When I won my first Laureus Award in 2005, on the off chance that you had said I would have wound up winning six I would not have trusted you. It's been an astonishing ride."

Serena Williams won the Sportswoman of the Year grant, with Sergio Garcia guaranteeing the Breakthrough grant after his Masters achievement in April.

Different champs included football legend Francesco Totti, who asserted the Academy Exceptional Achievement Award for his administrations to Roma and Italy, and previous track competitor Edwin Moses, who won the Lifetime Achievement grant.

Swiss triple-best on the planet wheelchair racer Marcel Hug won the Disability grant, while the Laureus Best Sporting Moment of the Year grant went to Chapecoense, the Brazilian football club hit by an air fiasco in 2016.

Somewhere else, Mercedes-AMG Petronas grabbed the Team of the Year grant for winning the Formula One constructor's Championship in 2017.