Roger Federer made tennis look easy to people, says Alex Corretja

In an interview to Las Provincias, the former world No. 2 commented on s position in tennis and how his future retirement from the game will feel like. I think he will have left an enormous tennis legacy, of style, elegance, being able go play, knowing how to be on and off-court, said Corretja.

He made tennis become a sport that seems easy when he plays, because it seems he always places the ball where a machine would like to put it. If I had to manage a machine that would place a ball in an ideal point, I would probably ask Federer and he would explain it.

From inside, it is very complicated for the speed they play at; sometimes they take the decisions over seconds and instead he always seems to place the ball where it needs to go, he takes the risks when he has to. Could and Federer retire just after winning a Grand Slam title, as Pete Sampras did at the US Open? This is very personal.

Now no one visualizes them being world No. 50 and not entering into the Monte Carlo draw, for example. They will know in which moment they should retire, whether its winning a Grand Slam or saying this is my last year

Sampras decided it after winning the US Open and Stefan Edberg, that was another legend when the year started said it would be the last one. became an Australian tennis player in 2011 leaving Spain.

During that time Corretja was becoming the Davis Cup captain, but he was not aware of De Minaur: They had never spoken of me about him. In the end, its impossible because there are a lot of younger players who have the potential.

Its a pity that players like this leave, but now looking back after six years and seeing who took the decision is very complicated. I do not know it, its a job of the Federation that needs to be careful about this kind of things and not the Davis Cup captain.

Other people care about basics tennis. Its not easy at 12 years telling a person that I will pay you everything, the coaches, the trips, etc. The Spanish tennis is not like in Australia, United States, France or Great Britain, that have their own Grand Slams and earn a lot of money.

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