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Roger Federer Press Conference Miami Open presented by Itaú Wednesday, March 27, 2019 Roger Federer Press Conference R. FEDERER/D. Medvedev 6-4, 6-2 Q. Novak last night conceded that he has been distracted by everything that's been going on, THE MODERATOR: Questions, please. particularly with this new search for a new head of the ATP. Are you feeling that at all, as well? How Q. How do you feel about your next match with are you fighting to keep the off-court stuff off court Anderson? and the on-court stuff on court? ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, I think it's going to ROGER FEDERER: I mean, look, there is always, I be a bit tricky, you know. He's got a great serve, so think, a lot going on regardless of ATP politics or not. you go back to big-serve mentality to try to hold your In the life that Novak or me or we live in, I want to say own service games first before thinking about how to there is always stuff going on. So from that standpoint, break Kevin. it's nothing new. Had a tough one against him at Wimbledon when I lost. But sometimes it can get a bit much or you get tired of Was able to come back and play a good match against it or you get tired of having an injury or tired of -- I don't him in London when I really had to in that round-robin know what it is. Maybe there is negotiations going on match. with a sponsor, with management, I don't know what. All that stuff can sometimes take some energy away But, you know, I think I'm feeling really good. Today's from you, takes the mind off things. match I can be really happy with. I hope it's going to give me some confidence for tomorrow. So this maybe he felt a little bit more. I don't know exactly what he's talking about in details, but, yeah, Q. Can you take us through the end of the first set he's not the only one. I have had that in the past, too. and just how pivotal that was to fend off the three But, you know, I think it's normal. It's not an excuse. breaks? I think you broke him right away in the It's just a fact. second set. Just how pivotal those few minutes were? Q. This question is for the audience in Chile. A few ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, I think when you days ago Nicolas Massu said that you are the most want to go deep in tournaments, sometimes you need complete player in the tour. And he's actually those 15 minutes, you know, that go your way and coaching Dominic Thiem. We want to know what you're able to pull away with the score, too. you think about him, his new role in the tennis as a coach, and what do you think about his future? It's not always simple. Margins are super slim. You ROGER FEDERER: About Nico? need a bit of help sometimes from your opponent. But you can definitely, you know, fight your way in that Q. Yeah. position. And I did. I got the break to go up 5-4, and ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, look, I know him obviously then, sure, he had Love-40, but he's still under from the juniors, actually funny enough. I played him pressure. He has to break. He knows that. Maybe when he was No. 1 seed in Milan. It was one of my with that pressure, to some extent, you somehow find a big, big wins that I had way back when. way. And I did. I also played him on the tour afterwards, and it was Maybe a bit of frustration kicks in, and next thing you amazing what he did at the Olympics, winning singles know instead of it being 4-All you're up 6-4, 2-Love and gold. Now seeing him back on the tour, coaching, I it's tough. I spoke about that in the press the other day always enjoy that when great players from the past about how these best-of-three-set matches can be very come back and almost can't get enough of tennis. tricky. He seems like also back in the day how he used to get Today I showed why that is. I'm very happy how I hyped up for his games and stuff, I'm sure a lot of played today, especially in that spell. players can learn something from him. Rev #1 by #180 at 2019-03-27 22:03:00 GMT page 1 of 3 it been announced Perth gets the ATP Cup, though? I appreciate the nice things he said about me. I think we have always had a lot of respect for one another. Okay. Well, that at least maybe redeems things a little We saw each other in the locker room after the finals in bit, but, yeah, I mean, look, I enjoyed the last three Indian Wells, and I was really happy for him. He was years playing there. I played there with Mirka, too. very respectful, you know, towards me, too. He came With Martina. I look back, always had a wonderful to just say "Congratulations, great event. Look, I'm time. Yeah, I don't know what to say. I'm a bit torn. So sorry." that's it. But he was very nice. I'm happy to see him on tour. Q. You used that chip forehand slice approach a I'm sure he's going to do very well. number of times today, and the backhand seemed to have a tough time. These guys who are 6'4", Q. The way the quarterfinals shook out, two of 6'5" and taller, do you find you personally are using them were between guys in their 30s and two those chip and slice shots more to give them between pretty young guys. There's Borna versus trouble? Felix and Denis versus Tiafoe. Curious what you ROGER FEDERER: I'm not sure if I really do that would look for in those matchups of young guys against bigger guys more often than against the other who haven't had too many chances in a Masters guys. The chip approach on the forehand side was quarterfinal especially against someone like more about sort of trying to fake a dropshot and then themselves? not doing it, seeing how he was going to react to it, if ROGER FEDERER: Well, definitely one making it into he was going to sort of bite, like fishing or not. And it the semis. Borna has been there, obviously. Shanghai worked both times. But it's not a play you can use all being one of them. But especially on the Shapo/Tiafoe the time, because I never practice it, to be honest. It's side, I think that's a huge opportunity in that quarters a bit of -- it's not the most solid play out there. now, knowing that, you know, the tournament will go on and you're going to have a shot at the finals. You know, against certain players, slices work better than others. And today I know that if I do slice, I have So I think it must be very exciting. That's exactly where to run a lot, I have to work a lot, which is fine at times. you want to be at, this stage of the competition, feeling At the end of the day I have to come over and have to great. I didn't see everything, but the try and make the plays, too. Tsitsipas/Shapovalov match yesterday was great. I loved seeing them slug it out, and I'm sure they are So I don't necessarily use it against bigger guys more going to have big matches down the road. often, I don't believe. Sometimes I have to get into the point through a slice return more often against the I like when they also have to play each other a little bit, bigger guys because they serve bigger, so I choose to because they don't look across the net and see a guy go on the chip. That's about it. ranked whatever it is. It's just another guy they know from the juniors and I'm just going to beat you up now. Q. Speaking of tall people, Kevin Anderson, your next opponent, can you talk about him, what you So it's interesting how they go about it differently expect from him and what challenges he poses? against one another, and I think they really have taken ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I mean, he's got a great it to the next level now, all the bunch of guys we are serve. Look, I'm happy he's playing again after his talking about right now, and it's really nice to see. injury. I mean, I think if you beat me at Wimbledon, you've got my attention. Q. One different thing, Hopman Cup announced today officially is ending in Perth and will be So from that standpoint, I know what I'm about to replaced by ATP Cup. What do you think of that expect tomorrow. The matches I have played against event officially being sort of homeless now and him I know can be extremely close always, just having a very uncertain future? because of his sheer possibilities that he has on the ROGER FEDERER: Well, I mean, similar to this serve.
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