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Roger Federer Wins Another Set — of Twins

Roger Federer at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Tennis tournament, April 16, 2014.
Imago/Zumapress Roger Federer at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters, April 16, 2014.

The Swiss tennis star and his wife Mirka Vavrinec welcomed twin boys on Tuesday, five years after having twin girls. "Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening!" he tweeted

Roger Federer and his wife Mirka Vavrinec had a second set of twins on Tuesday.

The world-famous tennis player announced the birth of the baby boys on his Twitter account a few hours after revealing he was pulling out of a tennis tournament in Madrid to be at the birth.

“Mirka and I are so incredibly happy to share that Leo and Lenny were born this evening!” he wrote, hashtagging the post “#TwinsAgain” and “#Miracle.”

The couple had their first set of twins, two daughters, in 2009.

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