PODCAST - Roger Federer Exclusive Plus Reaction To The Rolex Shanghai Masters

The ATP Tennis Radio Podcast

HUBERT HURKACZ ON VOLLEYING - ‘Definitely it’s important for my game you know because I can serve pretty big and that definitely helps to set up another shot as I can follow to the net, so as long as I can be aggressive from the base line, I can come to the net’.

GRIGOR DIMITROV COACH JAMIE DELGADO ON HIS PLAYER - ‘He’s got all the shots and he’s been using his slice well to set up his best shots, but most players play better when they are being pro-active and looking to make things happen a little bit and definitely as the year has gone on he’s been getting better and better at that’.

GRIGOR DIMITROV ON MANAGING HIS BODY - ‘I like to go to the gym even when I have days off, but keeping the body fresh is all I’m trying to do to be honest, so I’ve been focussing on good rehab, going to the beach and doing a lot of massage, stretches and trying to keep the body up-to-speed, whilst not getting soft at the same time’.

JANNIK SINNER ON QUALIFYING FOR TURIN - ‘It’s just incredible and it’s tough to think about this when you’re young. Two years ago I had the chance to play there, but that was because of Matteo Berrettini hurting himself and it is a different feeling when you make it in the official eight and I’m very much looking forward to it’.

ROGER FEDERER ON RETIREMENT - ‘I didn’t have any plans because I was always trying to come back, but now for six months I have had much more control of my schedule, I like being with other people and I like being with my family, so things are great’.

ROGER FEDERER ON RAFAEL NADAL - ‘I am very relaxed on-and-off-site, whereas he has an incredible intensity and he was like a tiger in the cage and he’s going around and there’s always stuff to do for him and you could always tell he had a match on his mind’.

ROGER FEDERER ON CARLOS ALCARAZ - ‘He’s still young and everything he’s achieved is fantastic and not just on clay, but on hard and beating Djokovic at Wimbledon, that is no joke. We didn’t really need to prove that point, but that is another major plus on his cv. He’s going to lose from time-to-time, but he’s got an unbelievable game and an unbelievable future ahead of him’.

PLUS ANDREY RUBLEV BUILDS THE PERFECT PLAYER AND BEN SHELTON SPEAKS ABOUT HOW HE GOT INTO THE GAME

- Podcast presented by Chris Bowers

- Interviews by Ursin Caderas, Jill Craybas and Chris Bowers

- Features by ATP Uncovered