Del Potro: Roger Federer is the best ever, he can be World No. 1 again
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Argentine tennis star Juan Martin del Potro has called Roger Federer as the ‘best player ever’ and hoped that the Swiss maestro could compete with Djokovic and Murray for the first position. He also added that he woke up at 5 AM, only to watch Federer and Nadal locking horns at the Australian Open.
The stars had aligned themselves perfectly to bring to the world a tennis fan's ultimate fantasy- a Grand Slam Final match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal after years. When the legends locked horns at the Rod Laver Arena last month, it was Federer who came out on top in an epic five-setter. Undoubtedly, that brought the entire Tennis world in front of TV sets, and it appears, former US Open Champion Juan Martin del Potro was no different.
Del Potro, who won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics in August last year, said to ESPN, “I think it was fantastic for us and for fans' Del Potro told ESPN about the epic five sets battle won by Federer against Nadal - I woke up at 5:00 AM only to watch the final, and if there were other players I don't think I wouldn't have done it. From them you can learn a lot day by day, you can beat them too because they are normal.”
Last year, Federer had missed the Rio Olympics and the remainder of the season while he recuperated from a knee injury. He had to miss the French Open as well and made his comeback by playing the Hopman Cup this year. Del Potro hopes that if Federer stays healthy, he could compete with Djokovic and Murray for the first position.
“When you have a natural talent like Federer's, you only need to be doing well physically. If I managed to comeback and to do a good pre-season after a long injury, imagine him that is the best player ever... I hope he stays healthy, it would be beautiful if he could compete with Djokovic and Murray for the first position,” he said.
