Roger Federer reveals what legend of the past he would face
What legend of the past would Roger Federer like to play against? The 20-time Grand Slam winner answered this question in an interview to CNN, picking the 11-time Major winner Bjorn Borg. This saying by Federer comes as no surprise since at last week's Hopman Cup the 37-year-old, speaking about the 2019 Laver Cup where he will play for Team Europe with Rafael Nadal, said that spending a week with Borg will be surreal. "Just because I think he's done so much for tennis", Federer said. "He's one of the true legends of our sport, a class act. A good friend of mine, too, and I would've loved to play against a guy like that. Super sweet as well."
Federer also revealed a funny thing about what happened after that he defeated Pete Sampras at 2001 Wimbledon. Borg "sort of thanked me for protecting his five-year reign.. And then who knew that years later, I would tie him and lose, like him, in an epic sixth final", he said referring to his fifth-set championship clash loss in 2008. "He's got a bit longer hair than I have at this point, and I'm maybe walking in with a blazer trying to go back in time even more so. Yes, and I think there would be no grunting going on, there would be just hopefully really good tennis. Has to be five sets, just because it's just so much more epic when it's five sets, and you would talk about it for years to come. And it's very personal, I must say also with any player that you've played five sets against, you will always remember that very match. Whenever you see each other maybe down the road in 20 years, you can always say, 'Remember that match?' Best of three sets sometimes just evaporate and they go, but best of five, they stay with you forever."
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from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2RWlMrH
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