“One of the greatest emotions of my life” Daniil Medvedev recalls competing against Swiss legend Roger Federer

Roger Federer, the 41-year-old Swiss tennis professional is undoubtedly one of the greatest tennis players of all time, the Swiss icon recently shared the news of his imminent retirement from professionally playing tennis. Federer wrote a heartfelt letter where he expressed his emotions and his love for tennis.

Federer has been unable to compete in 2022 due to knee complications. He underwent knee surgery after bowing out of the 2021 Wimbledon to Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz. Federer has been unable to make a comeback ever since he had the surgery and as a result of knee complications.

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Daniil Medvedev opens up about playing against Roger Federer

Many elite tennis stars expressed their feelings after Roger Federer announced his impending retirement from tennis. The likes of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Billie Jean King, and many more made their thoughts known regarding the news. Former world number 1 Daniil Medvedev also reminisced about competing against the Swiss icon.

Daniil Medvedev said, “I remember the three matches against him, the last two times he won easily. I remember my first match against him, in Shanghai. I was starting to climb, I had just won an ATP 500 in Tokyo, I was very happy, I was playing pretty well. I saw that I could play Roger in the second round, I had a crazy match against the Chinese Zhang Ze in the first round, I played Roger, and I had many opportunities to win the match.“

“I had done a huge woody retro, I had been lucky and he had laughed. At that time, playing Roger in the center in Shanghai was one of the greatest emotions of my life. It’s a shame that he was less there when I progressed. The only great opportunity I had then was at Wimbledon (2021) but Hubert Hurkacz was stronger than me and then stronger than Roger,” Medvedev added further.

Medvedev rarely faced Roger Federer throughout his career. The Russian professional fondly remembers the three matches he competed in against Federer, all of them ending in defeats they still are happy memories for Daniil Medvedev.

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