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Wimbledon 2010 kicked off today with two top talents in celebrity-parent athletics: Roger Federer, Wimbledon top-ranked male, nearly lost in the first round to Colombia’s Alejandro Falla, while women’s darling Kim Clijsters easily toppled opponent Maria Elena Camerin. I hate to say it, but for Roger Federer, kids may may not be a career enhancer. And what does Clijsters have to say about having children? All that, below.
We’ve talked before about the potential hazards of fatherhood on Federer’s career. Today, Federer found himself two sets down before winning 5-7 4-6 6-4 7-6 6-0. If he’d lost in this first round, it would have been one of the greatest upsets in Wimbledon history, especially since Falla was labeled “canon fodder” in today’s match program. Perhaps that insult inspired the underdog — he played beautifully. Said Federer on his way off the court: “I definitely got very lucky out there. I have lost many matches this year which I should have won; this is one I should have lost but I came through. But that is sometimes how grass court tennis works.”
Aye, better to blame the court surface than your wife and kids (here’s hoping that they hadn’t kept him up too late on Father’s Day!).
As for the Belgian Kim Clijsters, she performed heroically, sailing into the next round with a 6-0 6-3 win against Italy’s Maria Elena Cameri. It’s Kim’s first Wimbledon in four years, and her first as a mother. She took two years off to raise daughter Jada, before returning to tennis last year and winning the U.S. Open (below is a picture of Kim Clijsters and Jada right after the win).
Refreshingly, like so many other mothers, Clijsters was conflicted about resuming her career. “When I started to train, I would give Jada kiss after kiss before I went to the car. I asked myself, ‘Am I the worst mother in the world?’” she said. But then she realized that she might actually be doing other women a service. “It’s good if, in some small way, I can make other mothers feel OK about going to work.” To boot, for Kim Clijsters, kids seem to be inspiring.
Kudos to that, and here’s hoping we see a parent with the trophy when this year’s wimbledon champions are crowned.
When Roger Federer lost to Robin Soldering in today’s French Open quaterfinal, fans (especially fans with a thing for hot and hunky Swiss players) wailed in despair. Once invincible, Federer was felled in a major upset. And with it, Federer’s streak of making it to 23 straight semifinals ended.
And yet, perhaps this shouldn’t come as a shock. Less than a year ago, tennis experts and Federer himself were speculating about how the birth of his twins Charlene and Myra (with wife Mirka) might affect his tennis.
Roger Federer may have lost in the first round of the Rome Masters this week, but that doesn’t mean the top-ranked tennis player in the world is hanging his head.
In fact, he was spotted still in Rome, strolling around with his wife, Mirka, and their twins Myla and Charlene. In fact, you can get a good look at one of the girls on the next page–and she’s a cutie.
As a total aside, I always wondered what tennis players wear on their downtime. I mean, tennis shirts are pretty comfortable and all, but since they wear them all the time to play, aren’t they sick of them. Not Roger, I guess. Dressed in his tennis whites, socks and sneakers, it’s hard to distinguish his off-court attire from what he wears for matches. Hand this man a racket and he’d be ready for Center Court.
More photos of Roger Federer and his family on the next page. Continue reading »
For Roger Federer, winning the Australian Open on Sunday was sweet, but nothing could compare to what was waiting for him at his hotel.
Roger Federer won the Australian Open on Sunday and completed his 16th grand slam, his first since his wife Mirka gave birth to twins last summer.
Friend (yes, it’s a verb now) Roger Federer on Facebook and you’ll be privy to such gems as this photo of the tennis champ and his wife Mirka with their 5-month-old twin girls Nyla and Charlene.
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