Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Wednesday May 22, 2024 at 10:19 p.m.
Roger Federer, retired for two years, inaugurated a tennis court in a school in La Courneuve (93) on Wednesday, a few days before Roland-Garros.
The students of the Louise Michel school in La Courneuve, in Seine-Saint-Denis, will undoubtedly remember this Wednesday, May 22, for a long time. Because it was one of the biggest names in the history of world tennis, and even the biggest according to some, who came to visit them: Roger Federer. Retired from the courts since 2022, the Swiss (42 years old), currently starring in an advertising campaign for Louis Vuitton alongside his ex-rival Rafael Nadal, was in the “93” at the initiative of another of its sponsors, Uniqlo, and “Fête le Mur”, the association created by Yannick Noah to help young people from less advantaged neighborhoods. A very colorful tennis court was inaugurated in the courtyard of the La Courneuve school by his majesty “Rodger”, who then gave a demonstration, still with the microphone, and exchanged balls with children amazed to find themselves face to face with such a legend.
“I thought maybe I would never come”
The man with 20 Grand Slam titles did not spare himself during this visit which still stretched over 4 hours. And it was worth it, judging by the joy of those he met. The person also appreciated it, as he later confided. “It’s a pleasure to be here. It’s true that perhaps I thought I’d never come. I was thinking more of the Champs-Élysées or Versailles. But here, it’s real life, it’s much better. And then, I have played on a lot of courts in my career, but a design like that with so many colors… Less often”, Federer then explained, reports Le Parisien. This presence in the Parisian suburbs, a few days from start of Roland-Garros, does it mean that the darling of the French public, once crowned at Porte d’Auteuil, will he go there? We will have to wait a few more days to find out. if he comes, it will be a guaranteed crowd bath…
2024-05-22 20:19:00
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