Roger Federer is not only one of the greatest tennis players ever to pick up a racket
- if not the greatest
- but he is one of the global icons of our time Characterised by a mixture of passion & calmness a fierce competitor with a regal bearing he is both an athlete & an ambassador a street fighter & a statesman But who is he really? & what are the experiences & influences that have shaped him into the world figure he is today? This acclaimed biography first published in 2006 & now fully updated traces Federer's life & career from his first tentative swings with a racket to legendary status The vastly experienced writer broadcaster & tennis historian Chris Bowers talked exclusively to many of the people who helped shape the young Roger Federer & together with his own experiences following Federer's career from his junior title at Wimbledon at age sixteen to his seventeenth major title fifteen years later he presents an affectionate & analytical portrait of one of the great names of modern-day sport His book has enough information to satisfy the most voracious Federer fan & enough talking points to keep an argument going until the small hours In its portrait of Roger Federer
- the man the player the icon
- this masterly biography brings the player's story up to date while also examining his place in tennis & sporting history