Roger Federer's secret to tennis greatness

Federer switches seamlessly from English to French, then Swiss-German and Italian. He always finishes with a couple of German answers and can also handle Spanish if necessary.

Roger-federer

For this reason the French and Germans have adopted Federer as one of their own, and it is not uncommon for his post-match media commitments to take longer than his games.

Reported in NZ Herald today. Maybe the secret to tennis greatness is... to speak 5 languages.

OK, maybe start with a second language.

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