TEARFUL Roger Federer remembers late coach- Peter Carter

Roger Federer looks ahead to the Australian Open and emotionally recalls the influence his former coach Peter Carter had on his early tennis career. Source: CNN
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-Peter Carter (9 August 1964 – 1 August 2002) was an Australian tennis player and coach. He is widely known as the first and most influential coach of Roger Federer.

Carter met Federer when he was 9 and quickly identified him as a future world no 1. Federer has said that “Peter was an incredibly inspirational and important person in my life. He taught me respect for each person. I can never thank him enough.”

Carter won the 1985 Melbourne Tennis Tournament with Darren Cahill. He reached a career high of 173 in singles and 117 in doubles on the ATP,[1] but his career was hampered by injuries
Carter died in a car accident