Roger Federer is very popular wherever he goes, and having him in a tournament makes the environment completely different, both on practice courts and central courts. The Swiss always gets the maximum support, and he feels okay
dealing with his popularity.’I prefer playing matches in front of thousands of people and on legendary courts rather than practicing in front of nobody’, the 37-year-old admitted.
‘But even that I take pleasure from, as well. I don’t feel like I need it necessarily to live, otherwise I feel like I’d be in the wrong place, playing for the wrong reasons. I got a lot of great moments away from the matches and the practices and away from the tennis with the life, with my wife and my family, my friends.
The traveling we do there as well, the time we spend together there is equally as nice, if not nicer. If I can do it hand‑in‑hand, have sort of two lives at once, it’s unbelievable. As long as my wife, my kids enjoy it, I’m the happiest guy out there.