Roger Federer Reveals He Received a Two-Year Ultimatum From His Father to Succeed in Tennis

Swiss Maestro Roger Federer has been one of the best players in the history of tennis. He has won so many titles and has set so many records throughout his career. But how did this incredible career begin? Check out Roger talking about how he started playing professional tennis.

Roger Federer On Becoming A Professional

In a recent interview with Die Zeit, Roger Federer talked about playing tennis when he was young. He talked about how is parents spent a lot of money on his tennis but they were still not sure about him becoming a professional. However, he was very sure about this and that is why he had a conversation with his dad about this. He revealed the details of this conversation as he said,

“I have my parents asked if it’s okay for me to finish school. My father said to me: ‘You have exactly two or three years. If you don’t get well, you go straight back to the school.”

Roger said that he accepted this as he felt he had it in him to succeed and that he had something special. He went to talk about how it was fortunate that he turned out to be right by quickly becoming the World No.1 among the juniors. And now, he is a 20-time Grand Slam Champion so he clearly made the right decision.

Right now, the Swiss Maestro is at home recovering from a second knee surgery he had to undergo. This caused him to end his 2020 season prematurely which was something no one was happy about. He said has said that he wants to take his time so that he can be at 100% when he returns in 2021.

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Every tennis fan is going to waiting to see him play in 2021. And they are going to hoping that he will pick some Grand Slam titles when he returns and hopefully, he will do exactly that.