Roger Federer is greater than an iconic champion.
The Swiss famous person is a tennis fan, too, and joins the tennis world rooting for Rafael Nadal to play Roland Garros.
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Fourteen-time Roland Garros champion Nadal, who pulled out of this week’s Rome Masters, has not performed a clay-court match this yr and has not performed a match since dropping to Mackenzie McDonald on the Australian Open final January.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion Federer, who was in Miami over the weekend for the Formula 1 race advised Sky Sports it could be “brutal” for tennis if Nadal misses Roland Garros.
“It would be brutal (Nadal not being there), it would be tough for tennis if Rafa isn’t going to be there,” Federer advised Sky Sports. “I still hope so, I saw he pulled out of Rome so I wish him the best.”
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Federer, who partnered Nadal in his Laver Cup farewell on the O2 in London final September, mentioned he is hoping Novak Djokovic will probably be in full kind as effectively.
“Obviously Novak hasn’t been playing that much so I hope he’s going to be strong as well and then all the young guys coming through as well,” Federer mentioned.
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