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condividiFederer: "Borg picks Nadal? Surprising"
Roger's presser, June 22nd.
Q. You kept a very low profile this Wimbledon so far. Is that because you're tired of the speculation, will he, won't he, or another reason?
ROGER FEDERER: No, just did a little bit less press than usual. That's maybe what you're referring to.
No, I mean, it was just maybe next year I'll do some more again. This year, it's the path I wanted to take.
I've done the same before the French. I just don't want to spend too much time doing those things any more, your know.
The time will come when I'll do some more, but right now I'm quite happy this way.
Q. How much have you thought about the defeat to Rafa at the French?
ROGER FEDERER: Not a whole lot, to be honest. You know, it's almost easier to forget a loss like that than, let's say, the Rome finals I lost against Rafa with two match points down. Took me much longer to sort of digest.
The French was over in such a hurry. I mean, the French Open, as the whole clay court season was over at the same time, so it's easy just to look forward and concentrate on grass. I won't be on clay for 10 months, so it really hasn't been a problem, you know. I'm happy I haven't been affected by it.
Q. Comparing with the previous four or five years, how would you sum up your season so far?
ROGER FEDERER: Uhm, well, I think the important part for me is coming right now. You know, from tomorrow on all the way to the US Open for me, it's where I can really judge my season, if it's going to be a good one or maybe, you know, a less good one.
So far it's been okay. You know, I mean, I had some problems at the beginning of the year, the ones we know about. After that I think I bounced back and played better again on clay. I wish I could have done better against Rafa. But a loss is a loss, no matter whether you lose in three or in five.
I'm still pretty proud about achieving, you know, my third French Open final, but for some I guess that's still not good enough. But, anyway, I think this is now the important time for me to see what I can do: Wimbledon, US Open, and the Olympics. This is what it's going to come down to for me anyway.
Q. How do you feel about your draw? If you do win, you'll have to play Novak and Rafa.
ROGER FEDERER: Already in the semis. That's good (smiling). Look, I'm happy if that happens, you know what I mean. I go round by round. I think it's a tough draw, you know. It's not one of those predictable draws. I think I have dangerous players, you know, floating in my sections.
You start with, let's say, second round, Soderling is possible maybe. The third round has dangerous players in it, as well. The seeds that come after that, I think they can all play very well on grass, you know. But, of course you'll always have surprises here and there, and then the draw with open up.
I really think it's a tough draw, like something similar to maybe what happened when I played Gasquet and sort of Henman first round. It's a difficult draw.
Q. You were elected to the Player Council. With the top three players on the council now, will this mean a change in direction for the tour, do you think?
ROGER FEDERER: Well, I think important was, you know, that we, the players, feel like we're represented in the right way. You know, instead of always just being asked in the press maybe, saying stuff from the locker rooms and whatever, I think it was important that also the other players see that we truly care on sort of a council and board level.
I think it's interesting times in tennis. It's good times in tennis because, you know, there's been quite a few changes. But I think it's only for the better.
I don't know the changes yet, but, I mean, it's not gonna affect a whole lot the lower ranked players. Maybe what they think, it's now we're only going to look for the top players. I'm going to represent all players like the way we're supposed to.
Q. You mentioned Borg. Are you surprised he's not ranking you before No. 3? He's ranking you as the third best player in the tournament. Are you surprised after what he said about you last year? He was so full of praise.
ROGER FEDERER: Obviously, yeah. That's how quickly things change, you know. I mean, look, it's his opinion. I don't mind what he says. Obviously at the moment he has a microphone under his face and people ask him many, many things. Once he'll sound more critical, once he'll sound more positive.
But it doesn't change much for me. I like when it's praise. When it's something else, when it's more critical, you tend to just forget about it and move on, so...
Yeah, I don't it doesn't affect me much.
Q. It's not disappointing to hear what he's saying?
ROGER FEDERER: Not disappointing, but it's just different. I'm surprised. Let's put it that way.
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