‘Not Destined to Be a Cash Machine’, Billionaire Roger Federer’s Unrecognized Hard-Work Behind the Scenes to Establish a Global Brand Proves His Thumping Charm

With major tournaments taking place in England and USA, the tennis market has always been big in these countries. Speaking about the same, renowned journalist, Christopher Clarey believes that it further gives a demographic advantage to players from these countries as it makes it much easier for them to establish their profound influence in the ‘big tennis market’.

However, when it comes to other prominent figures like Roger Federer, he recently asserted how things were much more challenging for him due to demographic factors. Despite Switzerland not being a huge tennis market, the former tennis ace established himself as a global icon. Emphasizing it, Clarey also revealed how the 41-year-old tennis legend had to work much harder compared to Andy Murray and Andre Agassi as Switzerland was not a very big tennis market.

Renowned journalist talks about demographic factors that affected Roger Federer’s journey

Christopher Clarey recently made a guest appearance in the Play to Potential podcast show in which he talked about the Swiss tennis legend’s illustrious journey on the court. Meanwhile, he discussed how Roger Federer had to work hard to establish his profound influence in the tennis realm. It was the tennis market in Switzerland that made things much more challenging for the 20-single Grand Slam champion.

Clarey said, “Roger was not destined to be a cash machine. Even though Switzerland is a place of great affluence and business success and acumen, you know, a Swiss athlete is not ideally positioned to be a global superstar. There’s not a natural home base that will create that passion.”

He said, “You have to create it outside. And you know, if you’re a British player, like Andy Murray, or an American player, like Andre Agassi, you have a Grand Slam tournament in your country every year to generate that enthusiasm, that support. Big home markets.”

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In the process, Clarey also mentioned the names of the British tennis player, Andy Murray and American tennis legend, Andre Agassi. While he asserted how it was much easier for them to entice the audience and get support in their “big home markets.”

Other players who have made it big irrespective of the demographic factors

Even in Serbia, there isn’t a big market for sports like tennis. However, just like Federer, another prominent figure has come a long way irrespective of demographic factors. It is none other than, the currently ranked world No. 1 player, Novak Djokovic who has now established himself as one of the greatest in the history of the sport.

Similarly, another legendary figure in the tennis realm, Rafael Nadal carved out his remarkable legacy on the men’s circuit while hailing from a country, Spain where no Grand Slam events take place.

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