ROLE MODEL

Roger Federer - Role Model

A role model is a person who inspires, who we lookup to, respect and aspire to become. It can be anyone from our family or any great personality who impressed us. But such persons play a vital role in our life forming our belliefs and shaping our future.

My role model is Roger Federer.

In any sport there is a great personality whom we lookup to. In Football there is Pele, in Golf it is Tiger Woods, in Cricket there is Sachin. I believe in tennis it is Roger Federer.

Roger Federer has a record of being 17 time Grandslam Champion, record of staying #1 position for consecutive 237 weeks & many more.

Roger Federer was born on August 8th, 1982 in Basel, Switzerland.

He has a great serve and an aggresive forehand, which are considered his strenghts. He is a single backhanded player. But  even with a single hand backhand he manages to get winners, where in this open era players opt for double handed backhand to produce more power & speed. This proves how strong he is technically, by still using old fashioned one-handed backhand.

Federer is sometimes referered to "Federer Express" or in short "FedEx" & "Swiss Maestro" or "Maestro".

There are certain qualities of him which makes him differ from all other players. The major difference being his achievements. Federer dominated the game from 2003-2009. He just went on winning one grandslam to another. Nothing stopped him from winning. Even this era which had many good players who gave fierce competition but Federer was always on top. This showcases his greatness and superiority in competition.

He won almsot all titles which exist. There was a situation where everyone gave up competing for the top spot. Federer had many rivalry opponents. But his head-to-head record is always is favoured to be on his side against almost all players.

He also has a record of 287 weeks, #1 position.  He  also appeared in 24 Grandslam finals, 10 in a row. Federer was never looked vulnerable to any injury. We see players quitting from Grandslam events due to injuries. But he was never prone to any major injuries. This proves how hard he trains. We can just say that it was his heart towards game that made him do achieve what he is.

Federer is always admired for his humility and politeness. He always remains graceful and humble in his defeats and wins. He also respects his opponents. Also the way he accepts his defeats & stays humble in victories is a trait which we can imbibe from him. He always remains his cool however tough the challenge maybe.

And i feel lucky to be living in the same generation of this great man so that i can watch him closely the way he achives one milestone after another and try to emulate the same thing in my life.