Tommy Haas - "Roger Federer's Chance Comes to Wimbledon"
Tommy Haas had to cancel his tournament in Indian Wells for known reasons. The long-standing German number one commented on the Big Three in an interview with the Spanish newspaper Marca.
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last edit: Mar 18, 2020, 08:03 am
Tommy Haas is very familiar with questions of what could have been if ... If, for example, he had not been injured that often. Or if he hadn't climbed on a ball before a match at Wimbledon against Roger Federer , which prevented him from competing against the Maestro. Or if the situation around the Corona virus had not escalated immediately before the start of the ATP Masters 1000 tournament in Indian Wells. So Haas now has enough time to devote himself to theory, as he did in an interview with Marca.
"Roger Federer should have 21 Grand Slam titles because in the last Wimbledon final, at 40:15 and his own serve, the victory was his," said Haas. Well, the official tournament annals have another winner, namely Novak Djokovic . What Haas, whom Federer has a long-standing friendship, finds unpleasant with regard to the Swiss. "Unfortunately it didn't work out. But the way Roger moves, how he finds the right game plan for himself, is incredible. And that he's still hungry after so many successes is phenomenal. ”
20 major titles for Federer, Nadal and Djokovic?
So will number 21 be added? "Federer has the hardest time winning another major," continued Haas. "His chance will come at Wimbledon. Roger knows that - and will give everything for it. ”So 2020 can be played there at all. After the postponement of the French Open this autumn, everything seems possible.
But Tommy Haas also has nothing but praise for Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. “What Rafa did at the 2019 US Open was crazy. The finale was like a roller coaster ride. He wins the first two sets and leads with break against Medvedev. The match was decided. Then Daniil came back, but Rafa is always present, he never loses focus. And that makes him a unique athlete. "
“Novak Djokovic is sometimes unpredictable. But he is the youngest of the three and still has time to win two or three majors. ”Tommy Haas has already found the fair solution for the internal comparison of Federer, Nadal and Djokovic:“ Maybe everyone should be at 20 Grand Slam Titles stop. "