Roger Federer of Switzerland kisses the trophy
Roger Federer of Switzerland kisses the trophy after winning the men's singles final match against Gilles Simon of France at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament in Shanghai October 12, 2014. Federer claimed one of the few titles to have previously eluded him after he overcame a sluggish start to beat injured Frenchman Simon in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. Reuters

The list on who's the most popular in the world is constantly changing, if you'll ask FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Swiss weekly Handelszeitung released a list of Swiss celebrities who have the most followers in Twitter. Blatter is first on the list of the top ten having 2.7 million followers, beating 17-time Grand Slam Champion Roger Federer with only 2.4 million Twitter followers.

Despite being second, the tennis world no. 2 doesn't react to this comparison to Blatter. In fact, both of them share the commonality of being asked about maintaining their careers in spite of their ages.

Dr. James Cabot is in third place having 1.4 million followers. The Swiss non-violence project has 1.4 million twitter followers declared as the fourth in place. And the scientists at the CERN research laboratory in Geneva come in fifth with just about 1 million followers.

Just recently, Blatter guaranteed once and for all that that the World Cup will still be held in Qatar in 2022. Meanwhile, for the 17-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer, pressuring young sports players is not helpful. The Swiss Maestro believes that young athletes don't need babysitting at all from their parents all throughout their careers.

The tennis champ further stated his argument that these youngsters need a breather for them to be able to develop fully their potential and skills. Pressure from parents is certainly unnecessary. For Federer, if his parents were able to find the balance in making him who he is today, other parents can do it too. Parents don't have to be present at all times.

During the champ's interview with John Bercow at a guest editing episode at Radio 4's Today programme, Federer expressed his not-knowing what his two sets of twins -girls and boys - will have to do with tennis. As to whether they will play at high level or not, Federer wants them to focus on enjoying the play rather than on the hard core part of the training.

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