The Peter Carter behind the Roger Federer-by Michael Roberts Carter & young Federer —Pic www.menstennisforums.com Source:Thuppahis Every year, at the Australian Tennis Open, behind Roger Federer’s coach (earlier Edberg and now Ljubicic), sits an elderly couple. There is a story to this couple, and it shows what a human being Federer is. The couple, as Federer’s die-hard fans would know, are Bob and Diana Carter, the parents of the tennis great’s first international coach, the Australian Peter Carter. Federer was just nine when Carter took him under his wing. In 2002, in a terrible tragedy, Carter died in a car accident in South Africa during a vacation with his wife. The story goes that Federer (then 21) was so affected by his coach’s death that he ran through the streets of Toronto (where he was playing that day) bawling his heart out. Carter had recognised Federer’s genius at a young age, and was determined to make him an ...
