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It seems like yesterday when Roger Federer He presented his daughters to the world with his wife, Mirla Vavrinec. The former world number 1 in tennis and the former WTA player met during the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. They married in 2009 and that same year they announced the birth of their twin daughters, Myla and Charlenewho were born on July 23.
© Getty ImagesFor years, the daughters of the Swiss tennis player monopolized the flashes at tournaments around the world, just like their little brothers, the twins Leo and Lenny, did. born on May 6, 2014. The four accompanied their father on countless occasions, running around the courts, playing and getting excited with each set their father won. Today, those girls have grown up and are two teenagers, 16 years old, whose image has gone viral after being seen sharing a box with the son of another tennis legend contemporary of Federer, as is Leyton Hewitt, during the Australian Open.
© Getty ImagesCross Hewitt, son of the legendary Lleyton Hewitt, and the twins Myla Rose and Charlene Riva Federer, daughters of the legendary Roger Federer, were photographed laughing and sharing complicity from the stands of the tournament. Together they witnessed the first round match between Jannik Sinner and Hugo Gaston, and their good harmony did not go unnoticed by tennis lovers, as they were the children of two great legends of the sport. “Cross, naughty boy,” Australian tennis player Thanasi Kokkinakis joked in a tweet when watching the match between young people who are practically the same age: They are 16 years old and he is 17.
© Getty ImagesCruz Hewitt is a young Australian tennis player considered one of the promises of his country. Son of former world number one Lleyton Hewitt and actress Bec Cartwrightwas born on December 11, 2008 in a family closely linked to both sport and entertainment: his father was a Grand Slam champion and his mother, one of the most popular actresses in Australia. He is the third child of the couple, after his sisters Mia Rebecca and Ava Sydney. Since he was little he accompanied his father on the circuits, even playing with figures like Roger Federer, hence the good friendship that unites him with the Swiss’s daughters.
© Getty ImagesIn 2025 he made his debut in Grand Slam qualys and added his first victory in an ATP Challenger against James McCabe in Brisbane. He is the successor of Lleyton, who retired from the circuits in 2016, while Federer did so in 2022, in an emotional ceremony attended by his wife and children. Since then, public appearances by Federer’s daughters have been few, which explains why these recent images have sparked so much interest. Mila and Charlene consider tennis a simple hobby, while Leo, 11, shows more aptitude for the sport and seems to follow in his father’s footsteps. Lenny, on the other hand, shows concerns more linked to art.
© Getty ImagesRoger and his wife Mirla have raised their four children so that they can be whatever they want in life. “We will be supporting them in whatever they want to choose. It would be interesting because my wife and I know about sports, but we don’t push them in the same direction. We give them the opportunity, but it is not a priority. “The important thing for us is that they are good citizens, good people.”expressed the Swiss in Le Figaro.
