Roger Federer has always shown great admiration for all the great tennis players of the past. The former world number 1 has repeatedly praised the greatness of Bjorn Borg, who has become the captain of Team Europe in the Laver Cup.
Speaking with ZEIT magazine, the 20-time Grand Slam champion expressed gratitude for all that Bjorn Borg has done for tennis.
Federer on Bjorn Borg
“I only understood later what Bjorn Borg meant for sport,” said the Swiss master.
“He was one of the first to receive sponsorships. He was one of the first people to support pop culture in tennis, I think he was for a time the second most famous person in the world after the Pope,” added Roger Federer.
Federer is the first tennis player to reach number 1 on the list of the highest paid athletes in the world of Forbes. “My manager told me that Forbes called,” Apparently you’re number one. “Then I think, ‘Oh God, no, does it have to be like this?’ “Federer declared.
“We are also in entertainment. Today I see it much more clearly than before: it’s not just about me. People come from far away, they give time, they give money to watch you play. It is extremely important that they get their money is worth,” he added. .
On May 29, 2020 Federer passed the 2020 Forbes list of the highest paid athletes in the world with $ 106.3 million in total salary, winnings and sponsorship earnings. Federer is on this list every year, within the top 10 or top 5, but never in first position.
This year is the first time that Roger Federer has finished at the top of the Forbes annual list. It has surpassed sports legends such as, 2.Cristiano Ronaldo (football – $ 105 million), 3. Lionel Messi (football – $ 104 million), 4. Neymar (football – $ 95.5 million), 5.
LeBron James (basketball – $ 88.2 million), 6. Stephen Curry (basketball – $ 74.4 million), 7. Kevin Durant (basketball – $ 63.9 million), 8. Tiger Woods (golf – $ 62, 3 million), 9. Kirk Cousins (American football – $ 60.5 million), 10. Carson Wentz (American football – $ 59.1 million) and many other great sportsmen.
Federer has been in Switzerland five months ago after arthroscopic surgery on his right knee, just before the tennis tour ended during the coronavirus pandemic and a month ago he had undergone another knee procedure.
But the 38-year-old appeared in an online sponsor event for his new shoe company, On, talking about what he was doing.
