Roger Federer: 'After Big 3 retirement, we will cheer on other players'
Roger Federer commented on the future of the Laver Cup and in general of tennis once he, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic retire from the professional tour. The Basel native said: "I think it will be like on Tour: at some point when Rafa, me and Novak will not be there, there will be a transiction going on. Even for the Laver Cup without a doubt. But is it bad? Nope. It's just that we will have to start supporting other players, maybe watching tennis in a slightly different way. But I am not too afraid for the future of the Laver Cup because the format is not about one single player. When I promoted this edition with Bjorn Borg, we only knew that Rafa would have been there, but we did not know the other ten players and tickets were sold over two hours. It makes me have reasons to be confident for the future."
On the crowd support, Federer added: "It's intense, you know. Great-looking stadium. Mexican wave. I mean, that's always cool. The noise at the players' welcome, I mean, is something else. It's that loud. That's very special for me and the team. And then during the match, I think it's good, good energy. Sometimes there is moments where I feel like they could be even more cheerful, you know, throughout, but I'm not going to start complaining at all. I'm very, very happy. If it stays this way, it's great, but I always think that Friday is, of any days, is the slowest one, and it was already extremely high. I don't know if you can top it. I really don't. But I think they're going to even take it up a notch, to be quite honest. Special to see Rafa. I think it's going to bring that, too."
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