Basel, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Roger Federer and his companion of several years, Mirka Vavrinec, are expecting their first child in summer, the tennis champion announced on his official web site 12 March.
Vavrinec, who emigrated from Slovakia to Switzerland as a small child, is 31, three years older than Federer. They met in 2000, when both were competing in tennis for Switzerland, in Australia.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 12 March 2009.
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Tags: baby, Basel, Mirka Vavrinec, Roger Federer, Swtizerland, tennis
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April 12th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
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