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Who kidnapped Roger Federer? No, no person, in actual life! And by chance! That is the title of the brand new sports activities thriller novel, by the Italian author Piero Valesio and revealed by Abosolutely Free, launched final June 2nd. The unique title is: Chi ha rapito Roger Federer? (Who kidnapped Roger Federer? – ed.), and it’s set in Rome, in 2040, when the Internazionali BNL d’Italia are about to play, in a world the place even the local weather of town internet hosting the match has radically modified.
As reported by the Italian information company ANSA, the plot of the novel could be very explicit: “All sport on the planet is within the fingers of transnational organizations at battle with one another: and Roger may have the duty of opening a brand new web page of collaboration between the belligerent topics.
However one thing will go incorrect and it will likely be as much as an aspiring journalist and a police commissioner to unravel the riddle. The e-book is a thriller within the sports activities area during which the protagonists transfer in a blended actuality and fiction that has the facility to prefigure a potential future.
A world during which the immense and ridiculous egos of potentates with no extra sense of the restrict struggle one another, in an typically hilarious method.”
Roger Federer responds to the followers!
Roger Federer made headlines once more with a hilarious #AskRF that he organized on his official twitter account.
Her Majesty has determined to reconnect once more in shut contact along with her followers by organizing this fascinating format the place she answered the questions she deemed most stunning and deserving. Right here is the roundup revealed by the twenty-time Grand Slam winner!
How are you feeling? What do you miss most about when he was a participant? “I really feel nice right now. The factor I miss probably the most is a spontaneous dinner off the courtroom with mates after a match or coaching. And naturally the massive stadiums, the followers and the joy of all the things tennis encompasses.
” When you’ll come again? “I by no means truly left.” Will you grow to be a tennis coach? “I am already a parent-coach, which is not straightforward, however I find it irresistible and luxuriate in each minute.” What do you take pleasure in most since retiring from skilled tennis and what do you miss probably the most? “There have been a variety of little issues that I did not know had been creating a lot stress on me till they disappeared, which is very nice.
It was like taking a load off my shoulders.” Who would be the subsequent ATP participant to win his first Grand Slam? “Hmmm… Who ought to I drop the stress and stress on?” Are you planning on doing tennis commentary on TV and would you want to affix the BBC for this Wimbledon? “I am not going to remark this yr.” Are you planning on doing an illustration tour in South America? “I might love to do this sooner or later, and in that case, going again to South America could be nice.” (QUESTION BY IVAN LJUBICIC) Who’s your favourite Croatian coach with no hair and one handed backhand? “Give me a number of hours to browse the historical past books and I’ll reply you!” Your favourite match towards Rafa Nadal? “the Roland Garros 2008.
These 4 matches had been thoughts blowing.” What’s a very powerful factor you are able to do in tennis to enhance the exercise round you? “That is a fantastic query, I am going to want extra time to consider it.” Will you be current at this yr’s Laver Cup? “Sure, see you in Vancouver!” How do you retain your cool after a troublesome defeat in tennis? “You may solely go on, you may’t linger.
It’s important to study and take the positives, there’s at all times one thing.” Do you sometimes watch your YouTube movies to see how good you had been? “Individuals maintain sending me these movies, particularly my dad, so I do that each every now and then.” The perfect service you could have confronted? “Roddick.
Isner. Sampras. Schwartzman. Karlovic. Ivanisevic. Raonic. Varvinec. And a bald man from Croatia, Ivan Ljubicic!”
