Federer’s blunt response about Djokovic: “Not as long as Nadal continues”

Roger Federerone of the best tennis players of all time and winner of 20 Grand Slamsgave an interview to the Swiss media tagesanzeiger where he reviews his current life after his retirement from tennis.

“I spend time with the family, in a different way. I am calmer, because I know that I have more days or more hours available,” explains the 41-year-old from Basel, making sure that he continues to train his body in the gym “four or five times a week” and despite not playing tennis pachangas’, he steps on the court with his children: “I love playing with them.”

In addition, he also specified Novak Djokovic, recent champion of Roland Garros at the age of 36, a tournament in which he reached the record of 23 Grand Slams (compared to Rafa Nadal’s 22 and Roger’s 20). Federer was asked whether, after winning the title in Paris, Novak should be considered the best player in history. His reflection was powerful, as it didn’t take long for him to bring Nadal out of the conversation: “I don’t know. Which is better, winning Wimbledon at 17 like Becker or Paris at 36 like Novak? I don’t know. What he has achieved is absolutely enormous. It might be enough. But I think as long as Rafa continues to play, you can’t answer that definitively yet.”he declared.

Rafa Nadal announced in May that he will take a break from his sports career to completely disconnect and recover from his psoas injury with the aim of returning in 2024 and next year possibly the last of his career. Rafa Nadal wants to return to the courts to play the last year in tennis that allows him to fight for all the tournaments he plays. His goal is to keep winning and enjoy tennis for another year. Because of this, Roger Federer did not want to forget Rafa in his response. He wanted to wait and see what his friend from the Balearic Islands, one of the greatest opponents of his career, could do.