Path Towards Glory: Roger Federer’s Interview in 2001

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Published: August 19, 2010

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After a month long lull, the tennis season is back again in full sprint. Toronto is already over, and Cincinnati is well underway, so there is plenty of news for a tennis fan to stay busy. I have been following Cincinnati this week too, but it is interesting how my interest level for the first few rounds dropped significantly for this tournament compared to what it was for Toronto. I guess the month long lull did its trick effectively, as I was game for watching any high level tennis regardless of whether my favorite players were playing or not. Things are different in Cincinnati, though. The atmosphere is similar as Toronto, but the empty seats around the stadium is a deterrent to the enthusiasm.

Which is why, I stopped watching the play today when Robin Soderling was struggling against the steady, but not explosive, counter punching for Lleyton Hewitt, and turned my interest to other things, most specifically the trick shot by Roger Federer for Gillette, and tried hard to figure out whether the video was for real or fake. After repeated viewings, I finally gave up (if it is indeed real, then kudos to Roger Federer—but this is what we expect of you, if it is fake, then good job Gillette) and used the “Related Videos” feature of YouTube, and landed on a video, which immediately took my attention.

Federer was in his twenties, and was rapidly rising the ranks in the ATP and beginning to garner attention. It would still be another five months when he will beat Pete Sampras at his own turf, so he was still not that famous.



 

—He doesn’t look strikingly different from his looks today, but the pimples on his face gave away his age. He had just crossed 20 a few months ago.

—He took names like Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Todd Martin, Martina Hingis etc—the names we rarely hear about today. It is obvious that Federer is the only common link bet...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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