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Court favorite; The most creative player in tennis history has a style all his own, on the court and off.(Roger Federer)(Interview)

Vogue

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Byline: Daisy Garnett

It's hard to be dispassionate about Roger Federer. When I meet him in Zurich, in the lobby of an expensive hotel-an anonymous place full of European businessmen-he is dressed in cream cashmere and neat jeans and standing with his girlfriend, Mirka Vavrinec, a black Birkin bag on her arm. On the one hand they look like a smart Swiss couple, exactly at home in these surroundings. On the other, one can't help being a bit dazzled.

After all, this is Roger Federer, the best tennis player in the world-the best, perhaps, who has ever lived, according to John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, Rafael Nadal, Goran Ivanisevic, Andy ...

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