Federer, contrary to slow courts: "The speed of the ball and the courts is the same every week"
Roger Federer was spotted in San Francisco this weekend for the celebration of the 2025 Laver Cup. He took the opportunity to appear on Andy Roddick's podcast 'Serve with Andy Roddick', where he stated that tennis courts should be even faster than they already are: "We not only need faster courts, but we also want to see Carlos Alcaraz or Jannik Sinner solve the issue with ultra-fast speed and then play the same match at super-slow speed to see how they compare. This is because tournament directors have allowed the ball speed and court speed to essentially be the same every week. That's why you can go from winning, I don't know, the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, playing the same way," stated the 20-time Grand Slam champion.
🎙️🇨🇭Roger Federer not a fan of slowed down courts on tour:
"That's why we, the tournament directors, we need to fix it. We need to have not only fast courts, but what we would want to see is Alcraz or Sinner figure it out on lightning fast and then have the same match on super… pic.twitter.com/OvEMOq7jrO— Tennis Masterr (@tennismasterr) September 22, 2025
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