This is all kinds of awesome! Roger Federer submits to a fit of giggles while being interviewed by CNN in Switzerland last week:

If Roger wasn’t so adamantly pro-WADA, I’d swear. . .

Roger Federer and financial services company, Credit Suisse, announced today that they have formed “a long-term partnership agreement.” The AP is reporting that it’s a ten-year deal running through 2019 – presumably long-after Roger Federer has retired from the tour. The deal includes a “significant annual contribution” to the Roger Federer Foundation, though the bank [...]

Roger this! Paul Kimmage of The Times, U.K. did a fantastic interview with Roger Federer at last week’s Basel tournament. Click here to read the entire piece, which was published this weekend. Here are some of the highlights.
The theme of the interview is Roger’s positive attitude and the way he uses this cheerful way of [...]

Sports Illustrated will be announcing its pick for 2009 Sportsman of the Year on December 1. Until then, SI contributors will be offering up their nominations for the post. “How about Andy Roddick?”, asks writer Albert Chen. “Why?” you ask. Because he almost beat Roger Federer at Wimbledon, of course! (Click here to read the [...]

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I’ve never liked Julien Benneteau. . .now I know why!
Roger Federer lost to the Frenchman 6-3, 6-7, 4-6 in the second round of the Paris Masters today.
Say quoi??? Sure, Benneteau came to play. He had the hometown advantage and nothing to lose. But Roger Federer is Roger Federer! RF! [...]

I guessed Basel was going to be a Roger Fest, and it hasn’t disappointed me so far! We had that great interview from SI the other day and now this – a phenomenal in-depth chat with Rene Stauffer and Fredy Wettstein of the Basel-based paper Basler Zeitung. It was first published on November 2 – [...]

Roger Federer announced his 2010 schedule via his website. He’s planning to play 18 tournaments and “hopefully” the season ending championships in London.
Roger Federer’s 2010 Schedule: (tournament starting dates noted)
December 31: Capitala World Tennis Championship, Abu Dhabi (exhibition)
January 4: Qatar Exxonmobil Open, Doha (ATP 250)
January 18: Australian Open, Melbourne
Feburary 22: Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, [...]

Roger Federer spoke recently to Swiss news magazine Schweizer Illustrierte about some of his favorite things: his twins Myla and Charlene, Mirka and his hair.  I love that the interviewer, Stephanie Ringel, is unable to hide her Fedophile tendencies. Her descriptions (in italics) sometime read like a tennis Harlequin romance.
Here she is, trying not [...]

That Roger Federer is just so full of himself!
After winning his first round match against Olivier Rochus today at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel, Roger Federer bragged to the hometown crowd about his deft hand-eye coordination – at changing diapers:
“I have an unbelievable technique,” he said to laughter – [...]

The Times U.K. is confirming Blick’s report that Roger Federer has hired a new physiotherapist, Frenchman Stéphane Vivier, to be part of his full time team:
Federer, the 28-year-old world No 1, has appointed Stéphane Vivier, one of seven ATP physiotherapists, to travel with him full time to make sure that he is in the finest [...]

Well, Roger Federer is feeling good. After a month of rest and recovery off the tour, he’s retaking the court at his home tournament  – the Davidoff Swiss Indoors in Basel. Roger’s looking to win it for the fourth time in a row, and his website declares that he’s happy with his draw:
Roger can be [...]

A sweet duo, indeed, Roger Federer is the global ambassador for Swiss chocolate company Lindt. Will Fed Fans have to change their banner to “Federer is Betterer than Most Chocolate but As Good as Lindt“?

Photo by Jennifer Carson.

From the Lindt press release:
Kilchberg (Switzerland), October 29, 2009 – Premium chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli is partnering [...]