Roger Federer won’t force his kids to play tennis

A file picture of Mirka with the couple's then two-year-old twins Charlene Riva and Myla Rose watching the final tennis match between Roger Federer and Andy Murray at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in 2012. Photo: Reuters

Roger Federer may be one of the best to ever wield a tennis racquet, but that doesn’t mean the 19-time grand slam champion is necessarily steering his four children towards the game.

The world No.2 is perfectly happy to let eight-year-old twins Myla Rose and Charlene Riva make their own choices once they get into their teenage years, he said on the sidelines of the Australian Open in Melbourne. Australia.