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Ellen Wallace
Ellen Wallace
 

We’re all supposed to be thinking about winter sports today but tennis just caught my attention: it’s hard to believe, but World Tennis magazine reminds us that it’s been only 10 years since Roger Federer played in his first major tennis tournament final. His opponent was Marc Rosset, then Switzerland’s great tennis hope. Federer “lost a nail-bitter 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) in the final of the Marseille Open in France” notes World Tennis. Given that we didn’t yet know that Federer would go on to be one of the best-ever, if not the best-ever player, the news that day was that this was the first time two Swiss players had competed in an ATP final. Lovely read, this.

It makes me watch those young hopefuls at the Olympics with a different eye – is there anyone out there will go on to a sports career that draws the kind of respect Federer has earned in the past 10 years?

Posted by :: Ellen Wallace on 13 February 2010 at 15:05 | permalink
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