After his First Round win at Wimbledon, Roger Federer (in his very stylish new cardigan, thusly described by that fine purveyor of fashion ESPN: "a herringbone-pattern, four-button cardigan with gold trim and a stylized F on a badge on his left chest. The insignia on the buttons represent his five Wimbledon titles") visited with Patrick McEnroe and Chris Fowler at the ESPN studios.
That just goes to show you what a great guy he is. He takes the time out during his most important tournament, thereby potentially upsetting his routine (so important to elite athletes) to visit with a network where the language is not his preferred spoken language (though he is fluent in seemingly every other language out there) and where Tennis is just a blip on the radar, to try and help sell his sport. This is what being an "ambassador of his sport" (that oft-used cliche...um, which is a cliche in and of itself...which is also a cliche, all right fine, never mind) really means.
And no, Tiger Woods would not have done this (I've seen Tiger totally blow off post-match interviews after losses with the interviewers being too scared to follow-up).
Another reason why Roger > Tiger.
Here is the video:
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