During their time as professional players, Fernando Gonzalez y Roger Federer They knew how to meet in various international tournaments. At first, the Chilean, who began to fight on professional courts before the Swiss, did not know who it was. For what remained in a funny anecdote the moment in which they met in the 1996 Davis Cup.
Despite the fact that for many it is indisputable that “The Swiss Perfection” is perhaps the best tennis player in history, Fernando Gonzalez The European’s talent did not finish convincing him. In that opportunity, “The Queen’s Bomber” he couldn’t understand how Lleyton Hewitt had lost to Federer, after beating him.
It turns out that the Chilean tennis player had only reached the semifinals with the national team, since they had lost to Australia. After having beaten Argentina and Peru, Fernando Gonzalez He acknowledged that he was upset by Hewitt’s defeat, to the point of calling the Swiss a “hueon”.
“I didn’t convince you,” the former player acknowledged about Roger’s game.
The only time Fernando González could beat Roger Federer
Throughout the careers of both, the players came to face each other on the track in a total of 13 opportunities. However, the Chilean only proved superior to the world idol during the Masters Cup in China in 2007.
In just three sets, with results of 3-6, 7-6(1) and 7-5, Fernando González managed to print in his history one of the most iconic days he lived as a player. Well, it only took him a total of two hours and eight minutes to stay with the meeting that would be the penultimate of his crosses.
