At some point Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will leave tennis, says Struff
In a press conference at the Davis Cup, Jan-Lennard Struff spoke about Roger Federer saying the German player should get more publicity by media as he is a very good player. Struff said: "The top guys have the most, or all focus, but that's okay because they're the best players. But still, I feel like, yeah, all the other players like -- it's very tough sometimes to promote them, but I think it's getting much better and better. And I have got the feeling that here as well, like, a lot of players are here and, yeah, they're going to be on TV and stuff. And to play for a country, it means a lot, and that's a lot of promotion. I think we should continue doing that as well because Rafa, Roger, at some point (will be) gone from the sport. So it's very good what the ATP is doing, for example, with the NextGen as well. So I'm a very -- I'm a good fan of promoting players like that. Did that answer your question? Good."
On the strength of the German team, Struff added: "We always have very good team spirit. It doesn't matter who is playing. Everyone is getting into the team. We have so many persons behind the players, like everyone working so good together and it's always fun to get new guys as well in the team. We have, like, three new guys now this time. So I think they're very good integrated into the team. And obviously Sascha is not here, but he communicated it early enough. And, for sure, our team would be better with him, yes, no doubt. But I think we did a good job, and I like the team spirit. I like the weeks we've been together in the Davis Cup, like with so many good ties together. And yeah, it's just amazing. It is different from the normal tour life."
On Thursday, Struff lost a tight match to Cristian Garin at the Davis Cup. He had match points but was unable to convert any.
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