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speaks at a press conference                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/roger-federer\">Roger Federer<\/a> covered a range of topics as he spoke to the media ahead of his highly-anticipated exhibition match at the US Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-time Grand Slam champion retired from tennis at the 2022 Laver Cup in London after partnering Rafael Nadal in doubles in his final match.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss icon\u2019s last-ever singles match was a defeat to Hubert Hurkacz in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Federer will play a singles set against Andy Roddick on Arthur Ashe Stadium. He will then partner John McEnroe in an exhibition doubles\u00a0match against Andre Agassi and Roddick.<\/p>\n<p>Here is everything Federer said in a press conference ahead of his return to the court at Flushing Meadows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> What is your greatest memory in this building?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> I mean, now looking back, I guess it\u2019s just the streak of the five in a row that I was able to string that together is kind of surreal because I always knew how hard it is to win here. Last major of the season, everybody is gunning for it. Everybody can play on hard courts and with the humidity, the wind, I guess also the changes over the years here, it\u2019s just been a tough one. So, I think looking back, that\u2019s incredible. My favourite one probably is the match overall with Agassi here. I don\u2019t know, it just felt like it was going to be a special occasion for him. I was defending champion and that just kind of made it super cool. I think the year before we played in five sets and some crazy wins over two days against each other already. I loved the rivalry I had with Andre at the time, so playing him here in New York was extra special.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> I wonder, having gone through it all and done it all on your side, what are maybe a couple of key things that you did to have longevity in the sport? How were you able to deal with it all and what advice would you give these young guys who are in the middle of this battle now?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Every injury is different. Some are unfortunate, some are because maybe you just pushed a little too far and then you got hit with something or it\u2019s an accumulation of a lot of things. I don\u2019t know the seriousness and how it all came about. Obviously, the most unfortunate time to get hit with an injury is right before the French and then you kind of miss French, Wimby because that comes back to back. Then, obviously, it\u2019s a struggle for the open and we\u2019ve seen that with Carlos [Alcaraz]. Obviously, I always tried to keep a good schedule in terms of enough breaks. It\u2019s easier said than done. I took a lot of chances as well where I piled on maybe a couple more tournaments than I should have, but kind of made it through the tournaments. I think it\u2019s important also to prioritise what\u2019s important to you. That could be American swing here or Australia for the Aussies. Everybody has different times of the year when you want to peak because you can\u2019t peak, clearly, 20 times a year, but I think fans shouldn\u2019t forget that as well. It\u2019s hard to peak every single match. I think now that we see the two weeks in the Masters 1000s, that\u2019s an interesting new dynamic, which I think the players are probably mentally and physically adjusting to with their fitness coaches and coaches in general.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud of the fact that I was able to play from January to November throughout and never really missed indoor season or Australia or any of the American swings. I kind of showed up everywhere, but obviously we were always very careful of what\u2019s next. I never really wanted to make it all about the Slams, as well. I remember Pistol (Pete Sampras) talked a lot about how it was Slams only for him towards the end of the career. I didn\u2019t like the fact that that was going to be my case. I liked too many other tournaments and I loved the ATP tour. From that standpoint, I really tried to keep everything a priority, but obviously the body is number one, to be honest. And also the well-being mentally, because if you keep on playing all the time, you also get a bit worn out, obviously.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> What does it mean to you to be back here at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/us-open\">US Open<\/a> and play in front of New York fans again?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> It\u2019s nerve-wracking, to be honest. I haven\u2019t played a singles set in, I don\u2019t know, is it Hurkacz [at] Wimbledon maybe? So it\u2019s been five years. Don\u2019t know how it\u2019s going to go tomorrow, so there\u2019s a lot of uncertainty, but a lot of happiness that I can return to Arthur Ashe, a place where I\u2019ve had so many beautiful moments. And I don\u2019t know, I just get a sort of a chance to be with Roddick and McEnroe and Andre, of course. But so it\u2019s just nice to connect with the tennis community again. That\u2019s why I try to go to four or five events throughout the season. But this one\u2019s obviously special with the Icon Returns here in New York and then going to Newport, Rhode Island and going for the first time over there, actually.<\/p>\n<p>And getting inducted right away is obviously super special, means a lot. Yeah, and it\u2019s nice to look back, I guess, one more time, because, you know, life goes quick, especially when you have four children. You stop remembering what you did or what you\u2019ve been through. So it\u2019s like go like into a time machine and like everything slows down for a second and you can actually look back one more time because I don\u2019t need it in my life, you know. But it\u2019s nice when it does happen, because my life on tour was amazing. I loved it. And now the kids are also getting older, so they can also maybe enjoy it a little bit, seeing their dad play, because the girls are 17 and the boys are 12. So, I don\u2019t think they remember a whole lot of the US Open, to be quite honest, because last time I played, it\u2019s been a while now. And when I did play, I wasn\u2019t playing super long. Night sessions were tough at the time. It was late for them. So I hope that\u2019s also going to be a special occasion for them.<\/p>\n<h2>More US Open News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/roger-federer-pissed-off-john-mcenroe-prodigy-won-junior-wimbledon-failure\"><strong>\u2018Roger Federer was pissed off\u2019 \u2013 John McEnroe prodigy reveals the highs and lows of being a tennis pro<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/who-roger-federer-is-practising-with-ahead-of-his-exhibition-match-at-the-us-open\"><strong>Who Roger Federer is practising with ahead of his exhibition match at the US Open<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> When you lost here in 2019, it kind of seemed like, we\u2019ll see you next year and you\u2019ll go far. Did you sort of miss out that you never had the, this is the last time, like maybe Serena [Williams] or Agassi had? And just the fact you\u2019ve been gone this long, I would have thought with all your business stuff, you would have had so many requests to be here. What\u2019s the reason now, I guess?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Yeah, like, look, I didn\u2019t want to push for it as well. And look, things just happened the way they did, you know, because I could feel, obviously, throughout, after Wimbledon that summer, I could feel on vacation, this is it, the knee can\u2019t do it anymore. It\u2019s tired. The mind can\u2019t be patient even more and wait for another couple of years and see what happens. So then ending it at the Laver Cup in London was the right thing to do. And then I didn\u2019t want to go right away to each tournament and do a farewell. So I kind of let it come naturally to me. I was here a couple of years ago, briefly. I went to Centre Court, watched, I think Grigor [Dimitrov] was playing, [Aryna] Sabalenka was playing those nights. But, you know, it wasn\u2019t my night. They gave me an ovation because they saw me on the big screen. But I just feel like tomorrow and I guess today as well and then Monday next week, it really gives me a true opportunity to say thank you and goodbye, which is, I think, important for some. For me, it is. And it\u2019s a nice thing to do, for sure. But I don\u2019t know why it hasn\u2019t happened earlier. It\u2019s just life, life with family and life on the road. And I didn\u2019t want to look for it right away. I let it come naturally.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> If you had the opportunity to come back and play one more main draw here at the US Open in 2026, who would you most like to play and why? In today\u2019s game?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> In today\u2019s game, yeah. Well, I mean, maybe Carlos. I think he\u2019s exciting. I never got a chance to play against him or [Jannik] Sinner the same. You know, we only practised together a little bit as they were coming up. So I missed that generation, unfortunately, a little bit. And there\u2019s a bunch of those guys I just missed just because of my knee issues. Obviously, Novak would be cool, too. I mean, he\u2019s still going strong and he\u2019s still hanging in there, which is cool. So I\u2019m thinking mostly about, obviously, those guys. And it\u2019s nice to see Carlos back. I\u2019m happy he made it in time. So we\u2019ll see how he\u2019s going to feel. But I don\u2019t have to worry about how I would play him because I\u2019m not there in the draw. But I wish him the best.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> Roger, if at the time you were playing, there had been the mixed doubles with the format that there is today, how do you think you would have done?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Yeah, I don\u2019t know if I would have played. Maybe I would have. I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s a good question. I think it\u2019s an interesting\u2026 How do you call it? I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s a trial or if it\u2019s a given that it\u2019s going to be like this forever. But look, it\u2019s a different concept for the fans and for the tournament. And now that I\u2019m here in New York after hearing about it last year and just kind of on the periphery watching it, I\u2019m going to be much closer checking it out. But I think I would have done okay. I don\u2019t know who I would have played with. To be honest, I would have had maybe chances with [Martina] Hingis or [Belinda] Belinda, obviously. I don\u2019t know who else I would have played with. I mean, it\u2019s a cool concept. I like when top singles guys put themselves out there and play doubles. That was also the idea of the Laver Cup, to get guys together to match up that normally don\u2019t. And also see the top guys struggle, to be honest. It\u2019s not simple, those doubles or mixed doubles, especially when you\u2019re not used to it. So it\u2019s kind of a cool concept. I like it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> What would it have been like to play with Serena in the mixed doubles here, do you think?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> It would have been very cool, but I think she would have been booked up with Roddick or someone. I don\u2019t think I would have\u2026 They\u2019re too close, so maybe. I mean, I would have been totally okay and open for that. But yeah, that\u2019s why I didn\u2019t mention her, because I felt like she had enough Americans to deal with before getting to me. Thank you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> Serena is doing it, Venus is doing it. You are younger than Venus. Do you ever wake up and say, maybe I should consider a wild card just for a limited basis?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> No, no, no, no. No, not at all. Thanks for asking. I wasn\u2019t sure if the question was going to get asked, but I\u2019m happy you did so I can clarify in case anybody thought. No, no, no. Not at all. And I think you anyway have to enter the doping pool. Like, God, there\u2019s way too many obstacles. And I\u2019m too busy. I\u2019m barely finding time to play any exhos, you know. So imagine a tour and the body is done. But I\u2019m very happy how I\u2019m feeling. So all good. And just a fan now, just enjoying watching.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> Many players are retiring this year. Among them, I\u2019d like to ask about Kei Nishikori. Please share your opinion about his play or his tennis, his strong points or his personality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Yeah, I mean, Nishikori is obviously a guy I played a lot against and I had a lot of respect for him. I remember practising with him, particularly in Miami, when he was like 16 or even 15, as he was coming through, I think, Bollettieri\u2019s\u00a0 in Florida and the whole thing. So I see him grow. And I remember we did like a sort of a charity hit together. They asked me to bring another player I could play with. And I remember that night I said, probably one day I\u2019ll lose against him. And I\u2019m happy I wasn\u2019t wrong because he was exceptional and always got along very well with Kei. I thought he had a wonderful game, obviously a super respectful person as well. And yeah, it\u2019s sad seeing, you know, the likes of Nishikori and [Stan] Wawrinka and others go. So from that standpoint, you know, it\u2019s been a pleasure having played against him. No doubt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> What is your assessment on the possibility of Djokovic getting the 25th here? And can you share us maybe one anecdote with when he played?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> I mean, I feel like whenever Novak enters any tournament, for that matter, or major, he\u2019ll be in it with a shot. Anyway, that\u2019s my opinion. You know, I have very high regards of Novak. I\u2019ve seen what he can do. Not just once, not just here, not just there. He\u2019s done it in every place and, you know, at the highest of levels. So I always think that as long as he\u2019s in the draw, there is a chance. And I think that\u2019s also one of the reasons he\u2019s still playing because he actually truly must believe that he can still do it. And that\u2019s my opinion too.<\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t seen the documentary yet. And, well, I mean, I just think we\u2019ve played each other almost 50 times on all the different surfaces and all the biggest courts. It was a pleasure to play against an incredible player, unbelievable fighter, figured out his game, became bigger and stronger and better. And it\u2019s amazing that he\u2019s still going. I\u2019m very impressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> What\u2019s been the biggest challenge for practising to play singles? And what, if anything, have you missed about competitively playing?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Haven\u2019t really missed it, you know, because you\u2019re happy not to put the body through the grind. I don\u2019t know how to explain. Or maybe it explains it, just not wanting to be out there and defending and scrapping. And so the preparation has just been hitting more tennis balls again, you know, because very quickly when you\u2019re retired, I think you go through days and weeks and months all of a sudden where you\u2019re hitting very little. So you have to make it a priority. And my kids are getting older, so I get a chance to play more with them. And depending on where we are, I can also just, you know, knowing that there is a light at the end of the tunnel which says doubles match, singles match, whatever it may be, you just have a reason to go back on court.<\/p>\n<p>And actually, it\u2019s very helpful. I\u2019ve been in the gym a lot. I love working out with my wife and with my friends whenever we hang out. So I\u2019ve been doing a lot of that, but it\u2019s not like playing tennis, you know. And when you haven\u2019t played, you get an unbelievable amount of muscle pain. So I feel like my body is ready for tomorrow. But again, we\u2019re not playing best of five. We\u2019re not trying to, God knows what to do to each other, you know, hit the drop shots on every second ball. So I think we\u2019re going to be respectful to the fact that we\u2019re not active players anymore. But I hope it\u2019s going to be a lot of fun for us and same for the fans to just see us back out playing. And I think Andy, from what I heard, is as nervy as me because we just haven\u2019t been out there for that long, which could be maybe more funny overall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> I\u2019m wondering, as you\u2019ve reflected back on your career, looking at the induction on Saturday, have you thought about anything differently in terms of realising certain moments were particularly impactful or influential that you hadn\u2019t realised before?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Yeah, I mean, I think when you retire, I think I said it before, that there was a lot of talk also about maybe my personality and what I brought to the game overall when I wasn\u2019t on court, you know, which I was a little surprised\u2026 I thought it was about, in the moment, still forehand and backhands and saving break points and victories and all that stuff. But actually it becomes a little bit, not irrelevant eventually, but it\u2019s about what were you remembered for? How did you behave, you know, in the locker rooms or in the corridors or maybe with the media or with the term directors, the ball kids? I don\u2019t know. For me, if I look back, that\u2019s kind of what I\u2019m very happy about, that I went through 25 years on tour and actually felt like I met a lot of friends and a lot of people miss me. Same with fans. They come up to me and tell me, \u2018oh, what a shame you\u2019re not playing anymore.\u2019 And then I get a flashback saying like, it was an amazing time. And I say it every time: I loved it.<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s a shame I can\u2019t be on the tour anymore, but it was a great, great time. And I miss it dearly, you know, and then that I actually had the opportunity to play, let\u2019s say night sessions here in a US Open final. Even one would have been plenty, because when you enter into a finals of this kind of magnitude tournament, it teaches you so much. It shows you how far you\u2019ve come and forever you can think of that moment, you know. So thankfully I have many of those, not that I needed it, but it\u2019s just incredible that when I look back at the US Open, as an example, it makes me so proud to have seen like everything I experienced here, you know.<\/p>\n<p>And I think with the induction, it gives me a chance to look back on and also being able to start a foundation that I used to have, still have, I guess, to a degree the power of the microphone, being able to speak about subjects that I like to speak or if I want to show up, I can. If I don\u2019t, I don\u2019t have to, you know. I\u2019m in a very comfortable place today, but I\u2019m still happy to be out there and being in the tennis world from time to time. And because it is the glue to everything that surrounds me still today. And I had the best time, had a lot of friends on tour, you know, from players to people who were organisers, etc. So I hope that a lot of the players who retire also feel the same way about the game because I care dearly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> You\u2019ve done a lot of work, humanitarian work, and worked with people and helped spread the game of tennis to people who are of underrepresented groups in the sport of tennis. Where do you see the game going or how do you view the game in terms of not just its diversity, but the importance of specifically Frances [Tiafoe] and Ben Shelton, Arthur [Ashe], and black male tennis players in growing the sport, and obviously the way the sisters and others have done human work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Very important. I mean, you know, I think it\u2019s nice to see and it\u2019s a, I guess, can you call it a beacon of hope? I don\u2019t know, like for a lot of people, you know, same when, let\u2019s say, I know it\u2019s very European and let\u2019s say American heavy, you know, the tennis tour, but I would love to see Africa and Asia and South America become even stronger because we have a very global tour which has its advantages and disadvantages, of course, because you, again, back to the schedule, the players can\u2019t be everywhere, but they can try, you know, and they can try their best and tennis, I think, is really truly doing a good job of trying to be as global as possible. So having a moment like this in a big time tournament, not just in a second round, but actually in the finals, I think is a good sign. Gives an amazing signal and I hope it\u2019s going to happen more frequently that we see that also at other big events happening in the future. And the last question in the back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q.<\/strong> Roger, if no player with a one-handed backhand makes the semi-finals at this year\u2019s US Open, what is that? It is said to be the first time in tennis history that it hasn\u2019t happened for an entire calendar year. What\u2019s your breakdown?<\/p>\n<p><strong>FEDERER:<\/strong> Yeah, good, tough question. I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s why I\u2019m maybe practising with [Lorenzo] Musetti this afternoon in an hour. Making sure he\u2019s ready. You know, give him some wisdom. I don\u2019t know. I don\u2019t know. Obviously, we\u2019ll see his draw and everything. But no, of course, I love seeing one-handers do well. Look, I think I was doing an interview this morning, actually, and it reminded me that my coaches, when I was growing up were, I would say, 90% one-handers. So I think when your coach is a one-handed tennis player, you will be most likely a one-handed tennis player, too. I don\u2019t know. That\u2019s just a little bit of a feel I\u2019m getting. Now, nowadays, probably the coaches are mostly double-handed players, right? And it\u2019s just easier to teach a kid to have two hands on the backhand side just because I have one of my kids. He\u2019s switching from a double-hander to a one-hander, and I just see how hard it is for him to hit it and to control it. And sure, eventually, you get control, but it just takes time, right? And nowadays, we don\u2019t have time. Everything has to happen immediately. If you do technical changes, it takes too long, and it\u2019s too frustrating. So, might as well just stick with what you have, and I think that\u2019s also one of the reasons we see a lot of double-handers.<\/p>\n<p>And then you add racket technology, string technology, maybe the slowness of maybe the tennis balls and the courts nowadays, and just that we\u2019re working less maybe potentially on transition, less on volleys, whereas maybe back in the day, I used to do 50-50, you know, volleys and net play and baseline game. And before my time, it probably was like 80% net play and 20% baseline drills, and now it\u2019s like 90-10, right? Just baseline. And that\u2019s why I think the double-hander just allows you, especially with the open stance sliding like what we\u2019ve seen Rafa do and Novak do, that it\u2019s amazing how you are able to defend out of that side because before, we had the feeling that you were short on the backhand side if you had two hands, and the one-hander was an advantage there, which it seems like is not naturally the case anymore. Now, I don\u2019t know how much also people get injured more with double-handed backhands because you always hear about left-handed wrists, as if you\u2019re righty with the flick, how that ends up creating problems as well, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s going to stop anybody from hitting double-handers, and I just think the accumulation of all that has created that we see so many more double-handers, you know, and it\u2019s just an easier shot to learn, I think, when you\u2019re younger. But I\u2019m still hopeful that it\u2019s not the end, you know?<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/carlos-alcaraz-speaks-us-open-comeback-2026\">Carlos Alcaraz speaks out about US Open comeback and reveals what he has \u2018missed\u2019<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Federer\u2019s full press conference ahead of his US Open exhibition match Ewan West 25 Aug 2026 10:20 AM Roger Federer speaks at a press conference Roger Federer covered a range of topics as he spoke to the media ahead of his highly-anticipated exhibition match at the US Open. 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