See inside Roger Federer’s teenage bedroom
<p dir="ltr">While Roger Federer’s adult life has been filled with fame and success on and off the tennis court, a throwback photo has revealed that his teenage years were more similar to most of ours than we might expect.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A photo of the tennis maestro’s bedroom has been doing the rounds on social media and shows a 17-year-old Federer grinning for the camera with bleach-blond hair, some spots, and wearing a baggy Nike sweatshirt.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The future World No. 1’s bedroom walls were covered in posters of his teenage idoles, including Pamela Anderson, and NBA stars Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">A 17-year-old Roger Federer with pin-ups of Jordan, Pamela Anderson and a Macedonian flag 🇲🇰 in his bedroom in Basel 😀 <a href="https://t.co/IPEIqzV9sw">pic.twitter.com/IPEIqzV9sw</a></p>
<p>— Luigi Gatto (@gigicat7_) <a href="https://twitter.com/gigicat7_/status/1584598092065648642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 24, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p dir="ltr">Other items dotted around his room included what appears to be an Akubra hat, along with the Montenegrin flag, a mini basketball hoop and a collection of trophies.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Just five years after the photo was taken, Federer would win his first Major at Wimbledon in 2003.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Fans were quick to share their thoughts on the photo, with many sharing lighthearted jokes and commenting on how normal the future star’s room looked.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Lol i like the 90s randomness of it all,” one person shared.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Looks like any normal kids room at the time,” another said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“Really been living up to his two as the blandest white guy on earth since day one,” a third teased.</p>
<p dir="ltr">“The GOAT with my country’s flag 😍,” one fan enthused.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As for his bleached locks, one fan dubbed it his “Eminem phase”, referencing American rapper’s iconic bleach blond hair which he had during the 1990s and 2000s.</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty Images</em></p>
