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Alcaraz is pleased to play for Federer: ‘I have been wanting ahead to that second for a very long time’
Swiss participate in Laver Cup motion in Berlin
September 21, 2024
Clive Brunskill/Getty Photographs for Laver Cup
Carlos Alcaraz and Roger Federer pose for a portrait in the course of the Laver Cup in Berlin.
By ATP employees
Roger Federer has been via lots in his profession. On Friday on the Laver Cup, the Swiss confronted one thing new.
Federer watched four-time main champion and No. 3 on the PIF ATP rankings Carlos Alcaraz play a match dwell for the primary time.
The celebrities had already gotten to know one another within the run-up to the occasion, chatting at numerous occasions, posing collectively for a photoshoot and having a pleasant chat on the coaching observe on Friday, forward of the Spaniard’s match.
Carlitos and Federer shared a pleasant second on the courtroom earlier than his first match in Berlin. 😊@lavercup | #LaverCup photo.twitter.com/BQThHJOq91
— ATP Tour (@atptour) September 20, 2024
However for the primary time, 103-time tour-level title holder Federer noticed the Spaniard up shut when Alcaraz and Alexander Zverev took on Taylor Fritz and Ben Shelton in doubles. Fritz and Shelton gained the match in straight units.
Alcaraz mirrored on taking part in a match for Federer for the primary time, saying: “It was wonderful, actually, to play for him. It is the primary time he is watched certainly one of my matches in actual life and I am actually pleased that he was there to look at our doubles.
“I believe I am good [at doubles]however i am inferior to [I am at] the singles, I believe. I hope to see him within the singles tomorrow. I hope he loved the doubles match, and naturally it was nice to see him in coaching. He did not inform me any techniques, no recommendation. However he simply advised me that he actually loved seeing me in actual life, that I am right here. It was a good time for me. I want [for] that second for a very long time.”