Andre Agassi’s Former Coach’s Emotional Words to Console a Sobbing 20-Year-Old Roger Federer After a Dear Friend’s Death – ‘Your Only Job Now..’

There are times in life that stay with you forever and motivate you to be the best version of yourself. A similar incident took place in the Swiss tennis legend, Roger Federer’s life that became his motivation and played a decisive role in him being one of the Greatest of All Time. In Federer’s recent release, The Master, by Christopher Clarey, famous coach, Darren Cahill, opened up about a tragic incident, which played a pivotal role in the evolution of the Swiss Maestro as one of the tennis GOAT.

Darren Cahill, a former tennis player and now a high-profile tennis coach, had teamed up with the tennis greats, such as Andre Agassi and Simona Halep. However, Cahill, along with another tennis great, Peter Carter, was close to Federer. Hence, how did the untimely demise of Carter affect the Swiss tennis legend?

How did Roger Federer find motivation in tough times and pushed himself to be the GOAT

Peter Carter was an Australian tennis player and coach. However, he is popularly known as the Swiss tennis legend’s first coach and also his close mate! Hence, when Carter died in a car accident in 2002, Federer was merely 20 years old; trying to make a mark in tennis.

But the death of his dear friend hit the then-young player, hard. As detailed by Cahill, also a close friend of Carter, while consoling the 20-year-old sobbing Federer, he said, “Mate, Peter would be damn proud of everything you’ve done. And your only job now is to continue to make him proud.”

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Several years later, the famous coach was proud of Carter’s ward. He further opened up about how the now 20-time Grand Slam winner made not only Carter proud but also his mates.  

“And boy, has Roger lived up to those words? Peter would be upstairs smiling every single day about what Roger has been able to accomplish, and those of us who were Peter’s mates, we are proud in a secondary sort of way to watch Roger and what he’s been able to do, because it means something to us as well,” Cahill said.

Cahill, somewhere, feels that the funeral was an epiphany for the youngster. Next year, in 2003, the Swiss claimed his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon Championships. And Federer’s success on the court is a tribute to Carter, as the Swiss legend achieved what his first coach and mate envisioned for him.

Further, the Swiss maestro once confided in Cahill, when he accepted that he did find something. He said, “I did find a new motivation.”

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It’s certainly a wonderful tribute to someone who developed a firm foundation for the tennis GOAT, to claim 20 Grand Slam titles.

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