Roger Federer is a tennis player from Basel, Switzerland. He grew up being interested in and excelling at sports, and had started playing both tennis and soccer by the time he was eight years old. Only three years later, he was rated one of the top three junior tennis players in his country. A year after this, he made the decision to focus solely on tennis, and soon became so focused and involved, he was playing up to three tournaments each month. At the same time, he was spent six hours of practice and three hours of conditioning each week. At age fourteen, Federer became the national junior champion of Switzerland, and from there, his luck and winnings grew. He is currently ranked number one on the ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) tour, and had made it to the finals in the most recent U.S. Open ("Roger Federer Biography").

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