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Roger Federer’s words on Sunday still ring in Marc Rosset’s ears. After being honored as the best Swiss athlete of the last 70 years, King Roger hints at his retirement on television: “I hope there is still something to see from me in the new year. We will see. But if that should have been it for me, who knows, then this is an incredible end point for me at these sports awards. “
“Resignation? Otherwise!”
This shouldn’t be dramatized, thinks Rosset, former world No. 9 and 1992 Olympic champion, on “RTS”: “Quit? On the contrary, he will play again. I think Roger is so living in the moment that he simply expressed his joy at the price. Like when someone wins a Grand Slam title and then declares that this is their favorite tournament. “
But as much as Rosset, who just celebrated his 50th birthday, wants to see the maestro play again, he doesn’t think Federer will return to the Australian Open, which has been postponed from February 8-21 for the crown. .
“We will see”: Here Roger Federer indicates his resignation(00:56)
“Roger probably has better things to do”
“To be honest,” says Rosset, “when you look at the restrictions that players face, the fact that there will only be a very small number of spectators, you wonder if you really should take the risk of playing there. . Roger lives from the emotions, from the public, he will hardly enjoy these conditions and without his family by his side. It never separates the tennis family, it is a unit. He does not choose one or the other. And at 39 he probably has better things to do than go to Melbourne in these conditions in two months. “
You can also wait until you are in good shape again in the summer and only then come back. Rosset: “If all this is postponed for Federer, it won’t be the end of the world. Everyone knows that everything he has experienced this year will be very difficult for him. “
«Nothing is easy anymore»
Not just for Roger, of course. All the other tennis professionals also don’t know how the WTA and ATP tours will continue. Rosset, RTS tennis expert: “Nothing is easy anymore. But I think everyone can trust the experience they gained in the spring of 2020. And then tennis has the advantage that you don’t have a precise date. It’s not like telling you: here the 100 meters will take place on January 15 at 10:00 am and then you have to be at 300 percent. Great players can keep targeting the Grand Slams. “(Red)
