Roger Federer discusses attainable future job after ruling out Wimbledon TV function
Federer made a return to the tennis court docket on Wednesday, although it was in a special capability. The ATP 500 match in Halle honoured their 10-time champion with ‘Roger Federer Day’ and had a particular on-court presentation for the 41-year-old in his first look at a tennis match since retiring eventually 12 months’s Laver Cup.
During his go to, the 20-time Major champion mentioned life after tennis and the potential of translating his information to a TV commentator function. “First I thought it would be cool to comment on matches of the generation of players I played against. I know them best,” the Swiss star informed Tages-Anzeiger.
Federer then defined why he didn’t find yourself taking place that route this 12 months and addressed whether or not he would sooner or later. He continued: “But becoming a commentator in the year after my retirement didn’t feel right. Maybe I will commentate one day, maybe never.”
While Federer wasn’t going to start out commentating on his outdated rivals’ matches, he did weigh into the GOAT debate after Novak Djokovic received a document twenty third males’s singles Grand Slam title. “What is better? Winning Wimbledon at 17 like Becker or Paris at 36 like Novak? I don’t know,” he questioned.
“What he has achieved is absolutely gigantic. It could be sufficient. But I think as long as Rafa is still playing, too, you can’t answer that definitively yet.” And the 103-time title winner has additionally been maintaining with the remainder of the tennis tour too.
He informed Tennis TV that he went by way of phases of conserving updated with tournaments. “I’m very surprised by how often and how frequently I check the scores, three times a day maybe,” he stated.
“Then, of course, all of a sudden, there’s days where I check out for like a week and then I’m with the kids and then I’m travelling and I’m gone and, you know, you forget about everything around yourself but for the most part actually I’m really into it.
“I think there’s some great matches going on. I try to check some highlights reels more than watching games per se because my life is also a little bit busy but I’m really entirely happy and I think the level of play I feel like is going up more and more, again and again so it’s nice to see that.”
Federer was additionally comfortable to see his Big Three rivals nonetheless holding off the younger gamers, including: “And also the new generation challenging still the likes of Novak and also Rafa [Nadal], I hope he comes back, but also him.
“So it’s good times in tennis and I always said that tennis is so great in always keep on evolving so big fan of tennis and what all the players are doing is absolutely fantastic.”