Roger Federer’s Twins Are Boys This Time! Tennis Champion Becomes Father Anew After Pulling Out Of Madrid Masters To Be With His Wife During Delivery

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Roger Federer's twins are boys this time as the tennis champ pulled out of the Madrid Masters on Tuesday in order to be with his wife and kids.

The 17-time Grand Slam winner and world No. 4 wrote on his official website on Tuesday that he was withdrawing from the Madrid tournament so he could with his wife Mirka "during these next few exciting weeks for our family." He also promised to rejoin the tour soon enough.

He also posted on his Twitter account on May 6 announcing the new Roger Federer twins:

"Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening! #TwinsAgain #Miracle"

Tony Godsick, the tennis champion's agent, told AP that the boys were delivered at a hospital in Zurich, Switzerland.

The first Tony Federer's twins are daughters, who were born in 2009, ESPN reported.

Former tennis ace Boris Becker was among the first to congratulate the family.

Tennis greats also took to Twitter to announce their congratulations for the new Roger Federer twins, news.sky.com reported.

Boris Becker tweeted: "Congrats to Mirka and @rogerfederer on the new addition to the #family ! #Leo and #Lenny will partner perfectly their older sisters in mixed."

Kim Clijsters, the former world No. 1 in women's tennis, also took to Twitter: "congrats to the family!! Great names!!!"

Tomas Berdych, ranked No. 6, chimed in: "Roger has done it again!!!well done and all the best for the family!!#twins."

Justin Gimelstob, former tennis professional, also wrote: "congrats to @rogerfederer #Mirka on the birth of #LEO and #Lenny the @Bryanbros @Bryanbrothers records could be in jeopardy!"

According to Reuters, the older sister of Roger Federer, Diana, also gave birth to twins. His wife, Mirka Federer, supposedly was expecting another twins although the couple managed to keep that secret from the press.

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