He defines the growing older gracefully ideal. He lost the two greatest tennis matches ever played.
But, he handled the defeats gracefully. His game makes it obvious to even the non-tennis fan that, the man loves to play.
Most of us by choice have two careers. If he had a choice he’d never stop swinging a racket.
Wherever he plays it is always possible he will have more fans than the hometown hero. On top of that to all outward appearances he has a kindly relationship with his devoted
spouse Mirka and his two beautiful sets of twins.
Roger, you elevate tennis to something more noble than sport. Thank you from us all.