With the tennis star at a career crossroads, a new book takes a close look at the man behind the brand to consider how a hot-tempered teenager evolved to become a champion.
Roger Federer is such a master of timing, it’s only apt that an expansive new biography about him arrives at an uncanny moment.
Last week, the Swiss tennis legend looked squarely into the camera and shared the news: he would need another knee surgery “to give myself a glimmer of hope to return to the tour in some shape or form”. The emotion in his voice was as clear as his message: his recovery holds no guarantees about whether he will return to competitive tennis, to say nothing of the rarefied heights he has occupied for decades, as one of the greatest ever to hold a racket.
