After competing only in Doha at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, former world number one Roger Federer is now preparing to face the now short season on clay before reaching his true goal: Wimbledon, of course, where he will have to defend. the 2019 final and challenge today’s opponents even much stronger than two years ago.
During a new interview broadcast to the microphones of the magazine ‘Illustré’ on the occasion of the ATP 250 tournament in Geneva, the former Swiss top 10 Marc Rosset spoke of the future retirement of Federer, who will extinguish his 40 candles next August .
Rosset: I don’t think Roger likes the idea of getting out of the top 20
“Do you remember the last Boris Becker or Andre Agassi game? Aside from die-hard and crazy fans like me, I’m sure the rest of the people forgot those games.
We only remember Boom-Boom Becker or the “Kid” from Las Vegas. I don’t think Roger likes the idea of breaking out of the top 20 and joining some tournament in Turkey for fun, or anywhere else. The only thing I don’t want is for an injury to force him to retire, because it would be very painful. “
Rosset then mentioned the three best players in history: “Along with Nadal and Djokovic, Federer swept tennis, blew up the prize pool of each tournament. Their rivalries have been huge, on par with others like Prost-Senna and Jordan-Bird.
In my opinion, Federer and Nadal are like Siamese twins, for their simplicity and humility, they unite the same values for the conception of their sport. If one day I saw them go fishing together, I wouldn’t be so surprised. “
Nadal, 34 a few days ago, won Italy’s BNL Internationals for the tenth time, beating Djokovic in three sets in the final match. At Roland Garros in Paris he will try to triumph for the fourteenth time in his career.
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