ROGER FEDERER

The first step in a Roger Federer biography is his birth in 1981 to a suburban Switzerland to a couple of Swiss and South African descent. His parents recognized his talent at an early age and he started playing tennis at 6 years old, although he also participated in other sports like football (soccer, not American football) and actually considered a career as a pro football player before taking up tennis as a career.

A mere two years after he decided to concentrate on tennis at age 12, he became the national champion of Switzerland (in all categories, not just junior). By his last year as a junior in 1998, he won Wimbledon in his category, as well as taking the Orange Bowl and being awarded the title of ITF World Junior Tennis Champion. By 2000, Roger Federer had made the semi-finals at the Sydney Olympics, but this was the high point of that year for him and by the end of it he was ranked 29th, which is why a Roger Federer biography is inspiring.

The key moment in a Roger Federer biography comes in 2001, when he made headlines at Wimbledon by defeating Pete Sampras, which was the turning point of his career. In 2002, despite the devastating death of his coach, Peter Carter, due to a car crash, he racked up several titles and ended up qualifying for the first time for the Tennis Masters Cup. Some theorize that the death of Carter motivated him to succeed even more to honor his coach’s memory.

2003 was the year Roger Federer reached the rank of Number 2 in the world, the same position he currently holds. There were lots of ups and downs for him that year in various tournaments, but he ended the year on a positive note by winning the Tennis Masters Cup and defeating Andre Agassi, Andy Roddick, David Nalbandian and Juan Carlos Ferrero.

2004 was a landmark year in the Roger Federer biography, where his victories included winning three Grand Slam singles tournaments, being named the ITF World Tennis Champion, winning the Australian Open, winning Wimbledon and the US Open, and securing the number one ranking, a title he would hold for a record-breaking four years until it was taken by Rafael Nadal in 2008. Since then, this rivalry with Nadal has defined his career, with each of them taking turns coming out on top. After examining the biography of Roger Federer, it’s safe to assume that we haven’t heard the last of this talented and persistent tennis player.

SACHIN TENDULKAR

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, (born on 24 April 1973) affectionately called 'The Little Master', or 'The Master Blaster' is a current Indian cricketer who was rated by Wisden in 2002 as the second greatest Test Cricket and ODI batsman of all time after the legendary Sir Don Bradman and Viv Richards respectively. He holds important batting records such as the leading Test century scorer, leading ODI century and half-century scorer, one of only three batsmen to surpass 11,000 runs in test cricket as well as being the first Indian to do so,and the most career ODI runs and most overall career run tally.

Tendulkar was born to a middle class family of Rajapur Saraswat Brahmins in Bombay, now known as Mumbai. His father Ramesh, a Marathi novelist, named him after his favourite music director Sachin Dev Burman. He was encouraged to play cricket by his elder brother. He has 2 more siblings - brother Nitin and sister Savitai. Nitin's son Rohan, born in 1990, is also a cricketer, representing Mumbai in junior cricket tournaments.

In 1995, Sachin Tendulkar married Anjali (born 13 February 1971), the paediatrician daughter of Gujarati industrialist Anand Mehta. They have two children, Sara (born 12 October 1997) and Arjun (born 23 September 1999).

Tendulkar sponsors 200 under-privileged children every year through Apnalaya, a Mumbai-based NGO associated with his mother-in-law, Annaben Mehta. He is reluctant to speak about this or other charitable activities, choosing to preserve the sanctity of his personal life despite media interest in him.

Tendulkar is the only player to score a century while making his Ranji Trophy, Duleep Trophy and Irani Trophy debut. Tendulkar's rise continued when he was the leading run scorer at the 1996 Cricket World Cup, topping the batting averages whilst scoring two centuries.

Tendulkar, succeeding Mohammad Azharuddin as captain, then led India on a tour of Australia, where the visitors were comprehensively beaten 3-0 by the newly-crowned world champions. After another Test series defeat, this time by a 0-2 margin at home against South Africa, Tendulkar resigned, and Sourav Ganguly took over as captain in 2000.

Also in his first Twenty20 match with international opposition, although unofficial, Tendulkar hit 50 not out off 21 deliveries to blast the International XI to 123 after 10 overs against the Pakistan XI. Sachin became the third cricketer to complete 11000 test runs.

ODI Awards:
- Most Man of the Match Awards: 55 Man of the Match Awards
- Most Man of the Series Awards: 14 Man of the Series Awards

Sachin Tendulkar has been the subject of various books. The following is the listing of books focused on Tendulkar's career:
- Sachin: The Story of the World's Greatest Batsman by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global. ISBN 978-0143028543
- The A to Z of Sachin Tendulkar by Gulu Ezekiel. Publisher: Penguin Global. ISBN 978-8174765307
- Sachin Tendulkar-a definitive biography by Vaibhav Purandare. Publisher: Roli Books. ISBN 8174363602
- Sachin Tendulkar - Masterful by Peter Murray, Ashish Shukla. Publisher: Rupa. ISBN 8171678068