Author Of The Roger Federer Story, Quest For Perfection Book Lobbies For Sports Illustrated To Name Federer "SportsMan Of the Year"
The author of the book The Roger Federer Story, Quest for Perfection, lobbies Sports Illustrated to name Federer its Sportsman of the Year after another record breaking year.
Washington, DC (PRWEB) November 29, 2007 -- Rene Stauffer, the Swiss author of The Roger Federer Story, Quest for Perfection (www.rogerfedererbook.com) the first U.S. published book about the Swiss tennis champion, is calling upon Sports Illustrated, the world's leading sports magazine, to finally come to its senses and name Federer its 2007 "Sportsman of the Year."
"Roger was voted world sportsman of the year by the high profile Laureus Academy three times in a row and has an excellent chance to earn a fourth recognition next year. No other athlete has ever won more than two," said Stauffer. "How can a magazine get to a complete different result than an academy with more than 40 former top athletes and all time greats from all sports?"
Federer has dominated the tennis world for the last four years and is rewriting tennis history in seemingly every tournament he plays. Federer won three Grand Slam tennis tournaments in 2007, placing him with 12 total major titles, in second place all-time, two shy of the record set by Pete Sampras. Other statistics on Federer are as follows;
- Federer has won eight of the last 10 Grand Slam tennis tournaments and has played in a record 10 consecutive Grand Slam finals. He is the first player to ever reach all four Grand Slam finals for two straight years.
- Federer missed capturing the Grand Slam - one of the most difficult sporting achievements in the world - in 2006 and 2007 by only two sets. (two four-set losses to Rafael Nadal in the French Open final)
- In 2007, he was the first man in 27 years to win a Grand Slam tournament without losing a set (Australian Open)
- At Wimbledon in 2007, he equaled the record set by the great Bjorn Borg winning his fifth consecutive Wimbledon title
- Federer is the first man to win at least three Grand Slams three times in his carreer.
- In 2007, he beat the mark of Jimmy Connors for consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in the world (160 weeks, now at 200 straight weeks).
"Roger still shows respect for all other athletes, sports and players and fullfills his media and public commitments in a impeccable way," said Stauffer. "He is aware of his influence as a role model and has his own foundation that primarily helps poor children in Africa for the last four years."
Concluded Stauffer, "And how can a magazine not vote for Roger when it wrote the following after the 2007 US Open, 'Roger Federer left little doubt that no one in the world does anything as well as he plays tennis.'"
Stauffer, an esteemed Swiss tennis journalist who has covered Federer since the budding tennis champion was a 15-year-old. The Roger Federer Story, Quest for Perfection chronicles Federer's life as tempermental junior player, through his early struggles on the ATP Tour and his break-through win at Wimbledon in 2003 concluding with his 10th Grand Slam title at the Australian Open earlier this year. The book also focuses on his values, how he has been marketed, his relationship with the media as well as his numerous charitable pursuits.
Stauffer is one of the world's leading tennis journalists and the highly-respected tennis correspondent for Zurich's Tages-Anzeiger and Sonntags-Zeitung. A sports writer since 1981, Stauffer worked for the Swiss newspapers Blick and Sport, before joining Tages-Anzeiger in 1993. After first writing about Federer in 1996, Stauffer has traveled the world covering Federer and his many triumphs.
For more information on the book - and for purchasing information - A great holiday gift idea this year - and links - go to www.rogerfedererbook.com.
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