One of the other things said in commentary during the match between and Taylor Fritz, is he thinks the Swiss sometimes hits deliberately amazing shots so they will be on a highlights reel later or social media.
Federer has a different view. Speaking in a Press conference, the Swiss said: Not really, no. I think I learned early on in my career that if youre on centre court, just play your game and good shots are going to happen.
Because, I dont know, you have worked hard in your game and become fast and athletic and you inevitably have to make good shots. Maybe can make the highlight reel. Looking for them I think is always the wrong take. I mean, yes, what I do sometimes, and I did it in the third set at one point, is I tried to relax and start playing more drop shots and more serve and volley just to see how did it feel, what is the opponent going to do.
But I dont do it deliberately to make the opponent look bad or to be on the reel. Because I felt I was like this when I was younger, you know, a teenager coming through on the tour and I was trying to do these great shots on Court 17 and youre like, Nobody cares, nobody cares.
You know, you have to be on centre court to hit those. So thats the mindset I have had for a very, very long time. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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