Roger Federer
Written by Denise I Smithson
Tuesday, 16 June 2009 07:19
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| Roger Federer is a name sure to become legendary in the tennis world. He has won four Tennis Master's Cup titles, thirteen Grand Slam singles titles, fourteen ATP Masters Series titles a | |
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d an Olympic Gold Medal, all by the age of 27! Federer has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles (a record which still stands), 10 of which were won consecutively between Wimbledon in 2005 and the US Open in 2007. Federer is currently ranked second in the world, having held the number one rank between February 2004 and August 2008; he was also the winner of the Laureus World Sportsman award for four consecutive years between 2004 and 2008.
by DeniseISmithson Roger Federer is a name sure to become legendary in the tennis world. He has won four Tennis Master's Cup titles, thirteen Grand Slam singles titles, fourteen ATP Masters Series titles and an Olympic Gold Medal, |
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bruary 2004 and August 2008; he was also the winner of the Laureus World Sportsman award for four consecutive years between 2004 and 2008.
by DeniseISmithson Roger Federer is a name sure to become legendary in the tennis world. He has won four Tennis Master's Cup titles, thirteen Grand Slam singles titles, fourteen ATP Masters Series titles and an Olympic Gold Medal, all by the age of 27! Federer has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles (a record which still stands), 10 of which were won consecutively between Wimbledon in 2005 and the US Open in 2007. Federer is currently ranked second in the world, having held the number one rank between February 2004 and August 2008; he was also the winner of the Laureus World Sportsman award for four consecutive years between 2004 and 2008. Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland where he still spends a good deal of his free time. He grew up in the Basel suburb of Munchenstein. At the age of 6, Roger Federer had shown great potentials of becoming an athlete. The beginnings of this great tennis player started with the weekly group lessons at the age of nine. When he reached the age of ten, he was already working with a private coach. When he was a teenager, Federer also showed talent in football and interests in playing cricket, but eventually decided to focus on tennis. He enjoyed watching Marcelo Rios play as a youngster. To this day, he still supports his hometown club, the FC Basel, and plays cricket during his off-time. At fourteen, he won all the national championships of the groups in Switzerland, and was given the rare chance to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center in Ecublems. In 1996, he joined the ITF junior tennis circuit. The year 1998 marked his final year as a junior player and the start of his career in tennis pro. In this same year, Federer won the prestigious junior Wimbled |
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bruary 2004 and August 2008; he was also the winner of the Laureus World Sportsman award for four consecutive years between 2004 and 2008.
by DeniseISmithson Roger Federer is a name sure to become legendary in the tennis world. He has won four Tennis Master's Cup titles, thirteen Grand Slam singles titles, fourteen ATP Masters Series titles and an Olympic Gold Medal, all by the age of 27! Federer has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles (a record which still stands), 10 of which were won consecutively between Wimbledon in 2005 and the US Open in 2007. Federer is currently ranked second in the world, having held the number one rank between February 2004 and August 2 |
| Roger Federer is a name sure to become legendary in the tennis world. He has won four Tennis Master's Cup titles, thirteen Grand Slam singles titles, fourteen ATP Masters Series titles and an Olympic Gold Medal, all by the age of 27! Federer has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles (a record which still stands), 10 of which were won consecutively between Wimbledon in 2005 and the US Open in 2007. Federer is currently ranked second in the world, having held the number one rank between February 2004 and August 2008; he was also the winner of the Laureus World Sportsman award for four consecutive years between 2004 and 2008.
by DeniseISmithson Roger Federer is a name sure to become legendary in the tennis world. He has won four Tennis Master's Cup titles, thirteen Grand Slam singles titles, fourteen ATP Masters Series titles and an Olympic Gold Medal, all by the age of 27! Federer has won 19 Grand Slam singles titles (a record which still stands), 10 of which were won consecutively between Wimbledon in 2005 and the US Open in 2007. Federer is currently ranked second in the world, having held the number one rank between February 2004 and August 2008; he was also the winner of the Laureus World Sportsman award for four consecutive years between 2004 and 2008. Federer was born in Basel, Switzerland where he still spends a good deal of his free time. He grew up in the Basel suburb of Munchenstein. At the age of 6, Roger Federer had shown great potentials of becoming an athlete. The beginnings of this great tennis player started with the weekly group lessons at the age of nine. When he reached the age of ten, he was already working with a private coach. When he was a teenager, Federer also showed talent in football and interests in playing cricket, but eventually decided to focus on tennis. He enjoyed watching Marcelo Rios play as a youngster. To this day, he still supports his hometown club, the FC Basel, and plays cricket during his off-time. At fourteen, he won all the national championships of the groups in Switzerland, and was given the rare chance to train at the Swiss National Tennis Center in Ecublems. In 1996, he joined the ITF junior tennis circuit. The year 1998 marked his final year as a junior player and the start of his career in tennis pro. In this same year, Federer won the prestigious junior Wimbledon and the year-ending title of the Orange bowl and was recognized as the ITF Junior Tennis champion of 1998. While most tennis players are more at home on one type of court or another, Federer's versatility has made him famous. One sportswriter has said that tennis players can be clay court specialists, gr*** court specialists, hard court specialists; or they can be like Roger Federer. He is best known for his powerful groundstroke, as well as for being a skilled volleyer and baseliner. Federer uses a hybrid grip which takes elements from the semi-western and eastern strokes. Through the years, Roger Federer has counted over 57 singles titles. Time magazine named him as one of the influential people in the year 2007. Aside from tennis, Federer is highly involved in a number of charities. He established the Roger Foundation in 2003, helping the disadvantaged people and promoting sports to the young ones. At 27 years old, we are yet to see the best of Roger Federer. About the Author: Nothing But Sports is a website dedicated to everything about sports providing millions of internet sports enthusiasts with great information and resources about sports. Visit us today at http://nothingbutsports.info.
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