Roger Federer cries reflecting on former coach Peter Carter's death
In an interview to CNN last month in Dubai during the pre-season emotionally spoke about his relationship with his former coach , who died in 2002 during a car accident during a honeymoon in South Africa.
Federer and Carter first met each other where the Swiss was training as a teenager: Its actually a really nice story. Peter came to play club tennis at the Old Boys club back in Basel, when I was little. He was also one of the star players on the team.
I was able to have coaching less with him. And he was from Adelaide in Australia, said Federer. At the time coached in Adelaide, and Carter often called Cahill.
Both of them were proud about coaching Roger and Lleyton They used to call each other and say: We have this. I have this really special kid training. And the other guy, Darren, would say the same from Adelaide.
Of course we played each other with Lleyton when we were 14, 16, 18, 20 and then the whole career. And who knew we were both going to become Wimbledon champions, world number ones. So Peter was a really important person in my life, because I think if I can say thank you for my technique today, its to Peter.
Federer suddenly cried when reflecting furthermore on Carters death: Oh, man, I still miss him so much. I hope he would be proud. Geez, never broke down like this, he said later. I guess he didnt want me to be a wasted talent so I guess it was somewhat of a wake-up call for me when he passed away and I really started to train hard.
What I would like to say is that I have been incredibly fortunate to have had the right people at the right time, the right coaches at the right time. Sure you could argue I took decisions, but I also got lucky along the way.
Roger Federers inspirational former coach died in a car crash on his honeymoon in 2002.
Nearly two decades on, Federer still gets emotional when he talks about Peter Carter.
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