Roger Federer just announced his retirement from tennis. This is the story of the most famous tennis player in history ...
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00:00I've always dreamed of being, you know, maybe someday a star in tennis.
00:04A great career, you know, that would be fantastic.
00:20He started playing tennis at 3 or 4 years old,
00:22and already everyone who saw him play was very enthusiastic.
00:25Since he started, he has been able to keep a good mentality when he plays.
00:29Winner or loser, he remains a fair play.
00:52There are more people who play now in tennis
00:54because we have a Martina Inghis who won with 16 years old.
00:57The Australian Open, I hope more young people will play.
01:14The goal is quite clear, it is to become a world number one, if possible.
01:27I never thought I would be playing tennis having children.
01:30It's not in my dream vision when I was a little boy.
01:34My vision as a little boy was maybe to hold up my title at Wimbledon
01:37and seeing my parents there.
01:39And then all of a sudden you have a wonderful wife
01:41and four children looking down towards you
01:43and your parents and your friends.
01:45And it became much more than just a...
01:47My dreams didn't carry me that far.
01:57The Australian Open
01:59The Australian Games
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02:03The Australian Games
02:05The Australian Games
02:07The Australian Games
02:09The Australian Games
02:11The Australian Games
02:26If you told the people that I'm coming to play Wimbledon for the next 20 years
02:30and I'm going to win eight, they're going to go like,
02:32yeah, right, whatever, you know, like a little Swiss kid,
02:34like he's lost his mind, you know.
02:39South Africa
02:46My mum is from South Africa.
02:48Obviously there's also some, you know, rather tough areas, you know, in South Africa.
02:53And she always said if I ever have an opportunity to give back, you know,
02:56I should definitely do so.
02:58And I'm already looking forward to actually spend
03:00and give more time and money in the future.
03:02And that's definitely something that I want to, you know,
03:05carry over beyond, you know, my playing days and do as much as possible.
03:23I feel like tennis, you know, maybe doesn't give me all the satisfaction,
03:26you know what I'm saying, even though it's a big part of my life.
03:30But I really try, you know, to do something that's also more off-court.
03:35South Africa
03:45Roger and Rafa are probably the two greatest players who ever played the game.
03:50They did so much for tennis in general.
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04:06The world's best tennis player
04:30I never thought it was going to happen ever again, you know, I had my moment.
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