Kevin Anderson returns to success after retirement: Roger Federer helped me (Provided by Tennis World ES)
On March 25, 2022, Kevin Anderson played the last game of his career in Miami, defeated by Argentine Juan Manuel Cerúndolo. The South African announced his retirement from tennis. At the age of 37, almost a year and a half later, the former Wimbledon finalist returned to the tracks yesterday at the Infosys Hall of Fame Open in Newport in singles, beating Canadian Gabriel Diallo.
The former top-five explained to the microphones of Atptour.com the reasons for his return. A couple of months ago, Anderson and a friend were partying at a local Delray Beach club. They just wanted to play tennis and it was the first day Kevin had been back on the court since his retirement. Coincidentally, Roger Federer was in town to visit his agent Tony Godsick, whose son Nicholas Godsick is an elite junior player. .
Anderson had the opportunity to speak with the Swiss legend
Anderson explains the reasons for his return
“Coming from South Africa and not having had the opportunity to meet some of the best players in the world, I was always a bit intimidated.
And it was very interesting, because in the first minutes of our conversation I felt the same kind of concern, I felt very elusive,” he confesses. And then: “I made an effort to change my look and stuff.
You never know what you’re going to get, and it was a great experience for me,” Anderson said. “If I could do my career all over again, I probably wouldn’t have spent as many hours by myself on the practice field, but I would have interacted or I would have put in situations.
I ended up having a great conversation with Roger and for the first time I felt really comfortable and had a normal conversation,” he explained. Finally: “It was great to hear his advice.
It made me think about things that I had never considered about the game and I said to myself that maybe it was worth going back”, concluded the South African. Roger Federer is still closely related to the world of tennis, the Swiss said goodbye to the professional circuit last year, but it doesn’t stop being news.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was honored by Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago for his brilliant career. Photo credit: getty images
2023-07-19 17:02:12
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