The words of Roger Federer on Sunday still echo in Marc Rosset’s ears. After being honored as the best Swiss athlete in the last 70 years, King Roger hints at his retirement on TV: “I hope there is still something to see of 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? On the contrary!”
This shouldn’t be dramatized, says Rosset, former world number 9 and Olympic champion in 1992, on RTS: On the contrary, he will play again. I just think that Roger is so living in the moment that he simply expressed his delight 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 does not believe that Federer will return to the Australian Open, which has been postponed to February 8-21 due to the corona .
“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 see the restrictions the players are confronted with, the fact that there will only be a very small number of spectators, you wonder whether you should really take the risk of playing there . Roger lives from the emotions, from the audience, he will hardly have any joy in these conditions and without his family by his side. He never separates family and tennis, it’s a unit. He doesn’t choose one or the other. And at 39 he must have better things to do than go to Melbourne under these conditions in two months. “
You could also wait until you’re in good shape again in the summer and only then come back. Rosset: “If all of this is postponed for Federer, it will not be the end of the world. Everyone knows that everything that he has experienced this year will be very complicated for him. “
“Nothing is easy anymore”
Not just for Roger, of course. All other tennis professionals are also uncertain how the WTA and ATP tours will continue. RTS tennis expert Rosset: “Nothing is easy anymore. But I believe that everyone can rely on the experience they gained in spring 2020. And then tennis has the good thing that you don’t get a precise date on it. It’s not like telling you: Here, the 100 meters will take place on January 15th at 10 a.m. and then you have to be at 300 percent. The big players can continue to target the Grand Slams. ” (red)
