Grand Slams
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Tennis; the 4 Grand Slams: Australian Open / Roland Garros / Wimbledon / US Open
US Open
Match scheduled:
02-09-2009 from 15:00 until 22:00
Day 3 - Second Round :: Grand Slam US Open 2009 - Flushing Meadows :: New York, USA
Men's Singles - 2nd Round
Roger Federer(SUI) vs Simon Greul(GER)
Arthur Ashe Stadium
Complete Schedule of Play: The Schedule. Most channels showing the Centre Court or Court 1. We will try to keep the US Open channels as up to date as possible, as those show the most various coverage | Also be aware not all channels are showing tennis non stop. Some channels might have interruptions!
Federer was born in Binningen, near Basel, to Swiss national Robert Federer and South Africa-born Lynette Du Rand.
He grew up in suburban Münchenstein, near Basel, close to the French and German borders. Federer speaks Swiss German with his family.[15] He also speaks German, French and English fluently, and conducts press conferences in all three. He was raised Catholic and met Pope Benedict XVI while playing the 2006 Internazionali BNL d'Italia tournament in Rome.[
In addition to tennis, he also played football (soccer) as a boy and considered becoming a professional footballer before deciding to pursue a tennis career. He remains a fervent supporter of his hometown club FC Basel. Federer also appears to be something of a cricket fan, and played the game in 2006 with children displaced by the 2004 Tsunami in Tamil Nadu.[18
Federer supports various charities. He established the Roger Federer Foundation in 2003 to help disadvantaged people and to promote sports. In 2005, he auctioned his racquet from his U.S. Open championship to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. He was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNICEF in 2006. Since then, he has visited South Africa and Tamil Nadu, one of the worst tsunami-affected areas in India. He has also appeared in UNICEF public messages to raise public awareness of AIDS.
In 2007, Federer was photographed by Annie Leibowitz as King Arthur. This was part of a series of photographs of celebrities for Disney's Year of a Million Dreams project. The Swiss Post honoured Roger Federer as an extraordinary sportsman with a special stamp.[19][20]
Like all male Swiss citizens, Federer was subject to compulsory military service in the Swiss Armed Forces. However, in 2003 he was deemed unfit due to a long-standing back problem and was subsequently not required to fulfill his obligations
