A flash back of Roger Federer’s coaches all through his career
The Swiss tennis master, Roger Federer has learned the game of tennis from a variety of coaches during various stages of his career. He has actually mastered the game under the supervision of a variety of tennis experts. However there were such times in his professional life as well when the big man did not hire any coach to teach him the tactics of the game and even then he managed to grab some major victories to his name.
Roger Federer is the name who has won every single major event in the sports calendar. The legendary player from Switzerland has captured a total of sixteen Grand Slam titles all through his professional tennis life and has concluded the major competitions as a runner up on six occasions as well.
The twenty eight years old Federer started playing the game of tennis when he was just eight years of age and later on turned out to be one of the best tennis players in the open era. Roger has also surpassed variety of records made previously by legendary players like the American Pete Sampras as well as Bjorn Borg.
Talking about the big man’s performances as well as coaches all through his professional life, it never remained the same; rather they kept on changing with the need of the time. Let us shortly pinpoint those names who have served as his coaches along with the Swiss legend’s accomplishments so far in his career.
From 1989 to1998:
During that period, the greatest tennis player of all times, Roger Federer was firstly under the supervision of his compatriot coach, Seppli Kacovsky. He was the top coach of one of the tennis clubs located in Basel. Roger himself claimed that he has learned a lot of sports tactics from Kacovsky that have helped him throughout his career.
When Federer was ten years of age, the man who served as his coach was none other than Peter Carter. He remained his coach till fourteen. Under the supervision of Peter, Federer won a total of four ITF junior trophies and finished the season 1998 as the top ranked junior player.
From 1999 to 2004:
After turning pro, the Swiss tennis ace, Roger Federer hired the ex ATP tennis ace, Peter Lundgren as his training coach. During that period, Roger also made his way into the finals of the Marseille Open back in 2000 eventually losing to Marc Rosset. The next year, under the supervision of Peter, he grabbed the Milan title and later on appeared at the French Open tournament as well as the grass court Grand Slam event and managed to reach till the quarterfinal stage. Continuing his winning momentum, the tennis master, Roger Federer succeeded at the 2002 Masters Series held in Hamburg, where he knocked down Marat Safin in the final battle.
The big man then came to the limelight when he won the grass court Grand Slam tournament back in 2003 and later on grabbed a total of three more trophies in the following year.
From 2005 to 2008:
In 2005, Roger Federer decided to team up with Tony Roche who is an ex tennis champion from Australia and previously worked with Ivan Lendl as well as Patrick Rafter as their coach. The Swiss tennis ace captured a total of nine major titles during this period.
From 2009-Present:
Roger at first decided to play without any coach and successfully managed to grab a couple of major trophies. Later on, the big man hired Severin Luthi as his coach. However, the recent news regarding Federer’s coach is that the Swiss tennis ace has decided to team up with Paul Annacone on temporary basis. He is the same Paul who once provided his services to legendary tennis players like Pete Sampras as well as a few other players such as Marat Safin.
Anyhow, as long as the tennis master, Roger Federer remains tough as ever and faces the recent challenges without giving up, it does not matter who serves as his coach, as all that matters to his admirers is that fact he is looking determined to prove his critics wrong and regain his lost form, right guys?
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