Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer is steadily entering the twilight of his career, at the age of 38. With a lot of speculation on his future, the former World number one has said that his future in tennis hinges on his family situation.
Roger Federer’s wife Mirka and their two sets of twins are often regularly spotted at tournaments when the 20-time Grand Slam star is competing. However, they do not visit each and every tournament, case in point, the Shanghai Masters and an exhibition match in Japan.
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However, he can count on their support next week when he competes in his hometown event in Basel.
Coming back to the subject of his future, he was recently interviewed by the China Global Television Network in Shanghai. There, Roger Federer spoke about his ability to balance life on tour and his family life.
He credited his wife Mirka for her constant support and insisted that his children will play a role in his future plans.
“I think that’s the secret to make it work,” Federer said. “Some other players don’t have family and so forth. So it is pretty straight forward, it is fairly simple.
“When I book flight tickets, we are sometimes buying ten tickets, 25 bags, convoy of cars, everything becomes so massive and so huge, which is fun but at the same time can be draining.”
“It is a huge task. My wife chips in a lot of energy and a lot of know-how because she has also done it for over 20 years.”
“So we need to be very careful and clever with my wife. How many tournaments to play, which one to play, where to take the kids, because you don’t want to miss a beat and then later you actually have a lot of regrets.”
He affirmed that as long as his children were happy on the tour, it was good enough for him to continue playing.
If they ever indicated a sense of unhappiness with the constant travelling he would leave them at home more. However, Roger Federer did confess that it would affect his schedule because, “my family is my No. 1 priority, it’s always been clear for me.”
