‘Roger Federer has done incredible things, he is my idol,’ says Stefanos Tsitsipas

It’s all the time a dream for each upcoming teen to compete alongside among the legendary gamers, particularly when these top-ranked stars do not play the doubles that usually. The previous ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas described his expertise from the 2019 Laver Cup in Geneva as “each millennial’s dream,” having an opportunity to share the identical aspect of the court docket with Roger Federer towards Jack Sock and John Isner.

The Individuals prevailed 5-7, 6-4, 10-8 in an hour and 46 minutes, sending Staff World 8-7 in entrance after the primary encounter of the competitors’s last day. As a substitute of Rafael Nadal, who withdrew with a wrist harm, Tsitsipas stepped in to play with Roger Federer for the primary time, doing their finest to beat the American pair however simply falling brief within the deciding match tie break.

Stefanos Tsitsipas praised his childhood idol Roger Federer.

In his current interview, Tsitsipas praised the 20-time Main champion and every part he has completed in tennis, calling him an idol whereas he was rising up.

Roger and Stefanos performed 4 matches in 2019, with the teen dethroning the Swiss on the Australian Open in 4 tight units. Federer bounced again in Dubai and Basel earlier than Tsitsipas leveled the general rating at 2-2 due to a 6-3, 6-4 triumph on the ATP Finals.

Roger and Stefanos must wait not less than till the clay season to embrace their fifth match, with Tsitsipas skipping Doha and Dubai and Federer withdrawing from the season’s first Masters 1000 occasion in Miami. “Federer has achieved unimaginable issues in tennis.

Not that Djokovic hasn’t achieved it, however for me, Federer has all the time been an idol I grew up with. The issues Djokovic has completed within the final seven or eight years are unthinkable. It has raised its degree a lot; yearly, it appears to get higher.

All I can say is a giant thumbs up. I feel the brand new era might do one thing comparable sooner or later. I don’t assume anybody 15 years in the past anticipated Federer to surpass the Sampras file. It’s troublesome to foretell what’s going to occur. We as a brand new era have many gamers able to attaining huge issues,” Stefanos Tsitsipas mentioned.