Living legend of tennis Roger Federer turns out to be a very shy man in front of women.

Roger Federer and Mirka Federer are one of the most famous couples in the sports world, but one man revealed that the 20-time Grand Slam champion was very shy when he met his wife at the Olympics.

Federer and Mirka

Former Swiss wrestler Ludwin Kung revealed how Federer was very shy before meeting Mirka at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Through Twitter, the 55-year-old former wrestler said that while staying in the same building with Federer at the Olympic village, they caught Federer’s “passionate” eyes on Mirka. It is worth mentioning that “Express Train” was only 18 years old at that time, he was very shy and did not dare to approach the beauty who would later become his wife.

“We knew Roger liked Mirka and then we helped him approach her. The couple spent 15 minutes talking together and then they burst into laughter. Since then, they have been an inseparable couple until now,” the former wrestler revealed to Blick newspaper (Switzerland).

That year Federer lost to Arnaud di Pasquale in the bronze medal match, however he won the “Gold Medal” by capturing the “heart” of his future wife.

This is a milestone more precious than gold for Federer because Mirka is not only a wife, she is also a consultant, manager… helping “Express Train” win 20 Grand Slams, becoming a great figure. The greatest in tennis.

Mirka in her youth was also a soccer beauty

Three years after meeting Mirka, Federer won his first Grand Slam at Wimbledon 2003, he reached his 20th Grand Slam after winning the throne at the Australian Open 2018. “Express train” also achieved success at the Olympics when he won The 2008 Beijing Olympic men’s doubles gold medal, four years later, the Swiss tennis player won the London Olympic men’s singles gold medal.

Federer and former female tennis player Mirka married in 2009, they have four children together (2 sets of twins).