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Watch Roger Federer as a 12-year-old ballboy


Thanks to having an annual tennis tournament in his home city of Basel, Roger Federer had the privilege of serving as a ballboy at the event, including as a 12-year-old in the 1993 tournament that featured a star-studded final between Stefan Edberg and Michael Stich.

Like the other ballkids, Federer received an award after the match, presumably for most mis-sized T-shirt.

Stich, who was awarding the medals, retired one year before Federer turned pro.

The tournament also included a 20-year-old Frenchman named Fabrice Santoro, who would go on to play the young ballboy 11 times on the ATP tour, putting up a 2-9 record.

There's also another clip of a young, ballboying Fed, which I especially like because the slo-mo makes Federer look like Sasquatch.

(Thanks to BettingPro for the links.)