Laver Cup > Federer on Djokovic on his lost Wimbledon final in 2019: “What happened? I blocked him” – We Love Tennis!

The Laver Cup press conferences are bound to give us cult moments as Roger Federer retires at the end of this weekend and all his colleagues are asked about him. Logically, Novak Djokovic did not escape the question about his best moments against the Swiss and the Serb was initially particularly lenient before pressing where it hurts. Djokovic: “Well, I will choose my first Grand Slam final, the US Open 2007. I lost that match.”
Federer: “He’s nice now (laughs). Thank you, Novak“
Djokovic: “I haven’t finished,” he replied, laughing. “It was my first Grand Slam final obviously, it was a remarkable experience for me at the time. It was in a way the first match that allowed me to believe that I belonged to this level, ”said Novak before inevitably evoking this famous final of Wimbledon 2019 where Federer had obtained two match points from following at 8–7 in the fifth set before cracking against Nole. “2019, sorry Roger, the Wimbledon final. And Federer always concluded with a smile on his face: “What happened? I blocked him. » Posted on Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 7:51 PM