Roger Federer: 'I wouldn't coach my children if they become professionals'
Roger Federer was asked if he would support his children if they wanted to become tennis professionals. The Basel native said: "Definitely. I would be a bad dad if I said no. But I would not coach them because I do not want to stay on the tour for 20 more years, waiting in the locker room, making sure you are eating well. But I will support them like any normal father. I will support any of their decision. Tennis is a great sport, I would support them but I would not be with them every day."
On his South American swing, Federer added: "It's been quite a journey. I saw and did many things since when I started playing professional tennis, since when I won the Orange Bowl in Miami at 14 years of age, but it's never been so busy and intense, so crazy, seeing so many people. The stadiums, the atmosphere is something unforeseen. On Saturday we set the highest record attendance for a tennis match in Mexico City, it was amazing, I went to Chile for the first time, in Buenos Aires people cheer you like if it was football. It was very nice in Bogota but unfortunately we did not play. Here we are in Quito and I want to learn about the culture, meet new people. I enjoyed every trip so far, it has been intense because I had to play, sleep during trips, but it was worth it and I will remember it forever. It's moments I will tell to my children."
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