"A year away from each other was maybe a bit long"
IT from Roger's official website (www.rogerfederer.com):
Q. "Did playing Rafa last week give you the taste for that rivalry again? And is there a piece of you that would like the challenge of playing him perhaps here in a fortnight's time?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I think anywhere we play is special. I don't know if it's more special to play him here or at Wimbledon and in Madrid or in my hometown in Basel, let's say, if that were ever to happen.
But it's always a big match regardless of where it is, how it is. It's one of the great rivalries in sports right now, and obviously in our game the biggest one. Try to live up to the expectations; try to win as many as you can.
He's got the better record against me, so every time I play him I try to improve on it. You never know. It could be in a couple weeks already I play him again. Could be another year.
So we'll see how the draws fall out, how we play. I hope we can play again in the future, because a year away from each other was maybe a bit long".
Q. "Did playing Rafa last week give you the taste for that rivalry again? And is there a piece of you that would like the challenge of playing him perhaps here in a fortnight's time?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah, I think anywhere we play is special. I don't know if it's more special to play him here or at Wimbledon and in Madrid or in my hometown in Basel, let's say, if that were ever to happen.
But it's always a big match regardless of where it is, how it is. It's one of the great rivalries in sports right now, and obviously in our game the biggest one. Try to live up to the expectations; try to win as many as you can.
He's got the better record against me, so every time I play him I try to improve on it. You never know. It could be in a couple weeks already I play him again. Could be another year.
So we'll see how the draws fall out, how we play. I hope we can play again in the future, because a year away from each other was maybe a bit long".