Roger Federer is now a father of four after wife Mirka gave birth to a second set of twins. Despite a growing family, the Swiss tennis superstar won’t be making major schedule changes. The world number four revealed that he asked for wife’s advice whether he will compete at Rome Masters this week.
“And they all said I should quickly come and play here. So I was like, `OK, if you don’t want me around I’ll go away,” Federer said. “That was basically it.”
“Things went well, the boys are healthy. Mirka’s good, too,” he added. “So it’s a great time in our lives right now.”
The twin boys names are Lenny and Leo.
“Boys names are hard. It was all last minute,” Federer said. “Girls, I feel like there’s so many nice names and they’re all cute but with boys it’s totally a different story.”
“I miss them a lot already and also the girls,” Federer said. “It’s a different type of week but I’ll get through it and I hope I can still play some good tennis.”
Federer’s twin girls, Charlene Riva and Myla Rose, will turn five in two months time.
“This time around, we kind of know how to handle kids on the road,” the 32-year old said. “I’m aware it’s going to be a lot of work but at the same time I know what I’m getting into. So it’s something I’m very much looking forward to.”
Federer would go on to lose his opening round match at Rome Masters to Jeremy Chardy of France despite holding a match point in the third set tiebreaker.
