South Africa (Reuters) - "big brother, Roger," the village school teacher to call him, smiling little children and ask them to guess he play sports.
Most of the bright-eyed 3 years old children don't know their visitors who it was, but one, faster than others, pipe up: "you play tennis!" .
Very happy, Roger federer will be in his palm, show a serious of callus with right hand racket for 23 years of punishment, shows the difference of children left smooth.
There are several part of the man is thought to be of the greatest tennis player and hold a record and a grand slam title in the world, there is no immediate confirmation.
Here, in the rural South Africa, where he CunXue visit before school, his charitable foundation support, Switzerland is strange children, but their attention and curious command.
In a small, cool in nature, classroom, children avoid heat position and head tilted upward, staring at the towering champion, because he play tennis on the wall, demonstrates how to swing the racket.
Roger federer LinBoBo province of look in the sweltering heat, and Zimbabwe border, although his brilliant red coat, in the afternoon sweat wet, let him go.
Deep vegetation lush village about twenty kilometers, the closest asphalt road, the ground is a hot and dust into the air as the color of the dress of women dance to entertain their world famous hotel.
"My heart is in South Africa, through my mom," Roger federer of Switzerland father, son and a South Africa's mother, told Reuters.
"My mother is from here, I spent a lot of time in here, I think the most connected to this part of the world."
Roger federer foundation support before and in the region and school spend more than 3 million dollars a year in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Ethiopia and Roger federer country Switzerland's education project. More than 50000 children benefit from foundation efforts, in 2012 to implement quality education school and primary school.
BROKEN education system
"When I traveled all over the world, I definitely saw the poor countries, people told me that it is hard for them to get education," federer said, who is this week before the visit with his mother in the LinBoBo provincial school, to commemorate the tenth anniversary of his foundation.
"I have always liked teaching education idea, because in our world to school is the most natural thing in the world, we sometimes forget what it is privilege, to go to school."
South Africa has a piece of education system, for the majority of the black population in the racial segregation system inherited decades of inferior education.
Democratic 19 years later, the new government task still unbearable heavy burden, some high school graduates management percent of pass is only 30%.
In this place, a decent education is still beyond your control, many children and 80% of society is unemployed, the village chief representative said.
For a man who won nearly 80 million dollars alone thank him for his feat, a tennis court, federer never forgot the good education value.
Federer admits that he is not always try our best in school, he said: "when I was young, I have more regret, because I was a bit crazy.
He said: "in the school, I won't always learn my test, I should have as much as possible, and I think that is why today I so persistent two things, so that people don't do that, because I made the same mistake, even if I can open the corner."
Twins daughter's father, federer said: "I want to be the children's idol, I do. To me, it is a very good demonstration effect is very important, I live the corresponding.
"But I don't change of words, I do this because I believe it, because it is natural."
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