Roger Federer: Berrettini’s coach thanked me

After the master class performance from Roger Federer during his 4th Round

match against Matteo Berrettini, here He dominated the match and finished it

in straight sets with 6-1 / 6-2 / 6-2 in just 1 hour and 14 mins.

Roger mentioned that Berrittini’s coach thanked him and congratulated him after the match

for what He gave to Matteo in during the match.

Roger Federer: “Berrettini’s coach thanked me, Yes His coach congratulated me and thanked me almost,”

Roger asked him why He thanked him and The coach replied for the great lesson

that He gave to Matteo and mentioned that the top players a bit tough.

“You guys are a bit tough, but I get it. I like the Italians (smiling).” Coach said

Federer noticed about the young man career and expected him a great future,

“It’s important for him to look ahead. There are so many great moments coming in his career.

Also I lost sometimes the hard way.” Federer said

and compared Matteo’s today loss to his match where He lost to Andre Agassi

in the US Open where He lost 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, the same thing happened He was motivated

He’ll go to take Andre out but then got smashed went him and did not understand

what happened exactly in that match, that how Roger explained his match in his early days.

“I thought like, ‘Oh, maybe I was going to take Andre out’, all that stuff. Nah. You get smashed,

go home, don’t understand what happened. You realize, Well, I just got to work harder.

It’s that simple. Maybe got to have a different tactic, maybe got to have a different mindset going into that.” Federer said

but the most important is that the player has to take two steps forward in his road,

“It’s okay to take a step back, but then you have to take two forward. I hope that’s what he does exactly from today on.”

Roger Federer will face Kei Nishikori this Wednesday, time and court to be announced later.