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**SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023**The Roger Federer Effect tells the story of the world's most famous tennis player in a fresh, innovative way-through the eyes of his friends, rivals, coaches, fans, and many others who have been drawn to him as he blazed a trail and transcended the sport. In a glorious career spanning more than two decades, Federer won 20 Grand Slam titles-including eight at Wimbledon-and more than 100 tournaments worldwide, taking the game to a new level and becoming the most popular player the sport has ever seen. As he enters retirement, more than 40 personalities from inside and outside tennis reveal the special place Federer holds in their lives. Through exclusive interviews, they explain the Roger Federer phenomenon. As much as his deeds are important, it is also the intimate details that really make a person who they are. The Roger Federer Effect reveals them in fascinating and often previously untold anecdotes

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Publié par	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	31 octobre 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781801504805
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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First published by Pitch Publishing, 2022
Pitch Publishing
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Durrington
BN13 3QZ
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Simon Cambers and Simon Graf, 2022
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CONTENTS
Introduction
Roger, The Friend
Roger, The Student
Roger, The Rival
Roger, The Inspiration
Roger, The Peer
Roger, The Hero
Roger, The Game Changer
Roger, The Professional
A Word From The Authors
The Authors
Photos
INTRODUCTION
Roger Federer just may be the most famous sportsman of his time.
THE SWISS has captivated audiences ever since he first hit the headlines as the Wimbledon boys champion and a junior world No 1, progressing at speed to become one of the greatest players ever and dominating men s tennis with a seemingly effortless playing style which many have tried to emulate, to no avail.
In a career that spanned four decades, Federer won 20 Grand Slam titles, including eight at Wimbledon, collected more than 100 tournament victories worldwide and thrilled crowds all over the planet as he became the most popular player of his or any generation.
How has he done it? Through more than 40 exclusive interviews, we tell his story in a new way, through the eyes of those whose lives he has impacted the most - and those who shaped and experienced him early on. From his biggest rivals, like Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, who made him improve again; to his childhood friends; to his coaches, like Sven Groeneveld and Paul Annacone, who helped to steer him on the right path; to his peers.
His super-fans explain why they have changed their lives to follow Federer, spending thousands of pounds to follow him all over the world. We learn how he turned from a goofy, pony-tailed talent into a man with so much style many call him James Bond.
Above all, this is the story of how Federer transcended sport to become a true icon and why so many people, from other sports and from all walks of life, including politics, music and film, were inspired by him and want to be close to him.
In talking to those whose lives he has touched, in so many different ways, his sheer joy for playing tennis, even into his 40s, shines through.
It is a love that has never wilted. It helped him become one of the best tennis players in history and it has impacted the lives of millions more.
ROGER, THE FRIEND
AT THE origin of every great sports career is play. Those who love to play as children will also want to express themselves creatively later on, in very different ways. Playing is invaluable. You may do it even as an adult.
Young Roger loved playing anything that involved a ball. When his head was barely higher than the table, he played table tennis, then tennis, football, squash, basketball. His favourite playmate became Marco Chiudinelli, whom he met during tennis training and shared with him the joy of playing, the urge to move and the desire to compete. They kept on playing when everyone else had already gone home. They also played for hours on the PlayStation or PC.
Federer dreamed of Wimbledon at a young age, even though he found a nemesis in Danny Schnyder early on. His first rival prepared him for the later challenges of Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. Schnyder never turned pro, but he achieved what Nadal and Djokovic never managed to do.
As a teenager, Federer was introduced to the tough professional world by Marc Rosset and Wayne Ferreira, among others. Rosset was happy to welcome another Swiss to the ATP Tour. Ferreira, as a South African - Federer s second home - felt like a mentor to him. The two were also there for him in his darkest hours when he was first confronted with death.
Wrestler Urs B rgler gave a helping hand at the Sydney 2000 Olympics when the shy Roger didn t know whether to make the first move on Mirka. That s what friends are for.
Marco Chiudinelli, childhood friend
And the winner said: Sure, let s play again!
As childhood friends, Marco Chiudinelli and Roger Federer were at times inseparable. Their friendship lasts to this day, and Chiudinelli can still remember a lot from their carefree youth. They were eight or nine when they first met. The Association of Tennis Clubs of Basel and Surroundings organised a weekly training session for the most talented juniors. We were a mixed bunch, ten or 12 kids. But I only remember Roger, Chiudinelli said. We clicked right away.
The training sessions took place at the Van der Merwe Center in Allschwil, a centre for racquet sports, fitness and health. After the practices, when the three tennis courts were occupied again, Marco and Roger continued to let off steam on the squash court. At first, we played with our racquets and tennis balls, Chiudinelli recalled with a smile. They were spiking wildly like in a pinball machine. At some point, we got a squash ball from the reception and played with it. But it wasn t perfect either. We kept hitting the wall with the big tennis racquets. At Christmas, we got squash racquets from our parents, and then it went better.
The urge to move and play and their sporting ambition united the two, who otherwise would hardly have met. At least, not so early. Although their birthdays are only 33 days apart (Roger is older), they did not go to school together. At that time, the Chiudinellis lived in the centre of Basel near the zoo, the Federers in M nchenstein. Not a round-the-world trip, but still a few kilometres away.
Marco and Roger showed so much talent that their joint training sessions soon became more. In a now more exclusive group, they were allowed to train three times a week: Marco, Roger and Frank Frey, the son of the president of the association. Those training sessions brought Roger and me closer together. Thanks to tennis, we now met three times a week. Our parents were happy that we had fun together and were out and about in the neighbourhood as a team of two. That calmed them down.
At that time, they also played their first official match against each other at the Bambino B ren Cup in Arlesheim. It was played to nine games and I won 9-7, Chiudinelli said, remembering very clearly. In the beginning, he was down 5-2 and was comforted by his friend, then he took the lead and had to build Roger up mentally. But that didn t help anymore. That victory against Federer was to remain the only one for Chiudinelli in an official match. It was the semi-final, and in the final he lost to Enzo Aresta, Chiudinelli recounts, adding jokingly: That defeat still torments me today.
Their joint training was suspended at some point and Chiudinelli can no longer say why. Their parents had become friends in the meantime and the Federers encouraged the Chiudinellis to send their son to the TC Old Boys as well. A good decision. There was a completely different atmosphere than at the Basel Lawn Tennis Club, where I had been before, Chiudinelli recalled. We had a lot of kids at a similar level at the Old Boys, and you always found someone to play with.
As chance would have it, the Chiudinelli family moved very close to the Federers in M nchenstein at the time. So the two sons went to training together by bike. On the way back, they stocked up on all kinds of treats at the kiosk with their pocket money: sour tongues, snakes, and Coke florets. We got back on the bikes, rode on and stuffed our mouths full of the sweets. That s how we filled up our sugar reservoirs again, Chiudinelli said. The bags of sweets were empty before they got home, so their parents didn t notice. They invested two francs each in their sweets. In those days, you got so much sweet and sour for that money that your tongue burned.
They were coached at the TC Old Boys by the Australian Peter Carter, who later moved to Swiss Tennis to continue personally coaching Federer. At that time, we were of a similar level, the same age and both ambitious, Chiudinelli said. We had this competitive spirit. We always wanted to play games and sets. Others had less of this intrinsic motivation. The loser always wanted a rematch, and the winner said: Sure, let s play again! At the Old Boys, we had a big group of juniors; Roger and I always stayed the longest and kept challenging each other in a good way. We could play with each other for hours on end.
Besides that, they still played football intensively: Chiudinelli at FC Basel, Federer at Concordia Basel. And the two rival clubs played against each other again and again. We always had trouble with Concordia, Chiudinelli recalled. We were very structured at FCB; they were not at all. They had only dribblers, but individually they were very skilled and unpredictable. They were all street footballers, most of them sons of immigrants. And they had good cohesion. Roger was the strategist in his team, probably the only one. He had a strong right foot but no left. Chiudinelli smiled: He only needed the left one to keep from falling over. But he had a powerful shot with his right foot and was dangerous with headers; he had good timing. Chiudinelli was a sweeper for many years and later a full-back and Federer was always a striker. He lived out his attacking spirit