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World's best player strives to play perfect match

By Greg Garber
ESPN.com

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

WIMBLEDON, England -- A decade ago, Roger Federer was not yet the greatest tennis player who ever lived. He was a moody, self-absorbed 15-year-old who didn't like to train and was unmercifully hard on himself. In a new biography, "The Roger Federer Story: Quest for Perfection," author Rene Stauffer describes his first meeting with the temperamental Swiss star-to-be at an obscure junior tournament in Zurich: "He was a hot-head. On this September afternoon, his temper exploded even fro ...

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