| After 4 years in the number one position the talented | | | | and 53 career singles titles. |
| Swiss tennis player, Roger Federer continues to | | | | At the present , Federer is in pursuit of additional |
| amaze the sports world by establishing a new record | | | | Grand Slam titles to break Sampra's record and to |
| of the most weeks in the number one position. | | | | pass on in history as "the tennis legend". As the |
| His early career started in his home town in Basel, | | | | champion of most of the Slams except for the Red |
| Switzerland by the age of six. Some years later he | | | | Clay courts at Roland Garros which refuse to fall to |
| joined the Swiss National champion groups and began | | | | his greatness; he shows extraordinary adaptability |
| his real training at the tennis centre in Ecublens. In 1998 | | | | despite the surface, powerful shots, captivating |
| Federer won the famous Junior Wimbledon Title and | | | | coolness and incredible skills even under the worst |
| became listed in the ATP Tour rankings. | | | | pressures. |
| In 2001 his journey to the top continued but it was his | | | | Most recently, at the 2008 Australian Open in |
| quarter final match against Pete Sampras at | | | | Melbourne the first Grand Slam of the year Federer |
| Wimbledon that sealed his future as the next | | | | was stung by the new Serbian star Djokovic. This has |
| champion in the tennis world; that year he finished in | | | | indeed raised an alarm that there are difficult times |
| the 13th position in the overall rankings. | | | | ahead as finally the Swiss has been challenged. Let's |
| 2004 was a catapult year for Federer who managed | | | | say a healthy reality check for everyone particularly |
| to win three of the four singles Grand Slam | | | | Federer who has not had a coach for more than a |
| Tournaments; his first win was the Australian Open in | | | | year and whose training requires to be taken more |
| straight sets followed by Wimbledon; his usual territory | | | | seriously. Great things are certainly expected while the |
| and lastly the U.S. Open by defeating the Australian | | | | Swiss keeps amassing weeks as the sole king but |
| Lleyton Hewitt; Federer wrapped up the year by | | | | closely followed by others' hunger which also continues |
| winning the Master Cup. The following years to would | | | | to endure. |
| witness Federer's raising to a total of 12 Grand Slams | | | | |