Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the number one ATP ranking for over 293 consecutive weeks. He has won many awards and records throughout his career and is considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time. Federer was born in 1981 in Switzerland and played many sports as a child before focusing on tennis. He has had a very successful career winning 76 singles titles and being named Laureus sportsman of the year four years in a row from 2005-2008. Federer's rivalry with Rafael Nadal is considered one of the greatest in tennis history.

1. Roger Federer:
The Swiss Express…
by Angie Reynoso and Oscar
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2. * Swiss professional tennis player, who has held the first position of the ATP
rankings for more than 293 consecutive weeks.
* He has won many awards, medals and records as the highest in their field
athlete.
* Many sports analysts, sports officials and critics of the courts, the press,
as well as the players and former players consider him the greatest player
of all time.
Swiss

3. * Was born on August 8, 1981 in
Binningen, Switzerland, a small town near
the city of Basel.
* As a child, Federer played a wide range of
sports. Besides tennis, he played
basketball, badminton, table tennis. He also
played football in the ranks of FC Basel, but
finally ended opting for tennis.
* Federer has been married to former Slovak
tennis player Miroslava (Mirka) Vavrinec.
* On 23 July 2009, Mirka has given birth to
twin girls, Myla Rose and Charlene Riva.
Personal

4. His career
* He was named Laureus sportsman of the year for four consecutive years
(2005-2008). He was also appointed by the Association of Tennis
Professionals as the best player of the decade (2000-2010).
* Has 76 titles to his credit in singles and 8 doubles.
* His rivalry with Rafael Nadal is considered one of the greatest rivalries of
all time in the sport. In 2011, he was elected as the second most trusted
and respected human in the world, second only to Nelson Mandela.

5. * He has participated in various charities. In December 2003, created the
foundation that bears his name, dedicated to funding various
humanitarian projects, aimed primarily at children.
* In semifinal play the longest game in the history of the tennis tournament
of the 2012 London Olympics against Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro:
4 hours and 26 minutes. This allowed him to secure first medal in singles
and the win over Andy Murray and finish make the Olympic tournament
as world number one. In the final Federer rarely feel as previous physical
fatigue and lose to Andy Murray and lost 2-6, 1-6 and 4-6, earning the
silver medal.