“Actually, we watched one part of the Djokovic – Alcaraz match together, but we were mostly on the beach, you’re going to have to forgive us.”

When quizzed on who Federer was supporting, the Croatian insisted neither participant.

However, he additionally branded Alcaraz as being a ‘sick’ mixture of Federer, Djokovic and Rafael Nadal.

He continued: “We weren't supporting anybody, we simply loved the distinctive degree of tennis.

“It’s spectacular what Novak is doing, similar to Roger stated the opposite day.