Roger Federer sealed 20 Grand Slam titles during his career and ended in 2022 as a tennis legend seen as the GOAT by some alongside Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal. But one person by his side throughout it all was his wife Mirka.
Paul Annacone who previously worked with the great Swiss ace said that his wife doesn't get enough credit for the hand she had in Roger Federer's illustrious career especially given she was there from the start and throughout his fame and rise to being a global sporting superstar.
He also lauded Severin Luthi and Pierre Paganini and called himself a 'granule of salt' in a big shaker during his time with Federer. Luthi is now set to work with rising Dane, Holger Rune after working with Federer during his pomp.
“He had a great team around him. Tony [Godsick] was awesome. Mirka doesn’t get enough credit. She’s amazing. She really is someone that understood tennis & understands her husband so well. Not only with the tennis, but also with who he became as an icon. She’s incredible that she managed all that. Without Severin Luthi & Pierre [Paganini], it would’ve been tough. I was just lucky. I was just one granule of salt in that big whole shaker of ingredients," said Annacone on the Rock n Roll Tennis Podcast.
Mirka harked back to this in 2004 about how in reality Federer gave her what she couldn't have on the tennis court and reignited her love of tennis through him winning. “When Roger wins, it’s as if I were winning too. I feel it so intensely & I know what it means. He shares everything with me. On some level, Roger gives me back my tennis life. I enjoy being back on tour. And now everything is even more intense than in the time when I played myself, since he’s number one," she said to Tages-Anzeiger.
