Roger Federer – “The Mistakes I Did Had To Be Made”

The World Number four tennis player, Roger Federer edged past the new generation contestant, Denis Shapovalov in the last four round of the Miami Open 2019 for setting up a clash against the defending champion, John Isner in the battle of the 30-year-olds. The Basel native is now equipped to be in the same league as in the years 2005, 2006 and 2017 where he defeated Rafael Nadal twice and his former coach Ivan Ljubicic in the finals in Miami.

In the press conference in Miami, Roger Federer was asked about his decisions from the past which he could amend it in the present time, also he was interrogated upon the regrets which he has with reference to his career.

“I think the mistakes I did had to be made, you know, for a learning experience,” Roger Federer said. “I really think I was extremely lucky to have the right people at the right time every step of the way. Because in the beginning, you know, your parents choose for you. Later the Federation chooses for you maybe who is around you. To some extent, of course, you can have some say or your parents have some say, so I was lucky there.”

Roger Federer further elaborated upon the blessings which he had since the beginning of his career. “And same with the fitness coaches,” the Swiss ace continued. “I met Pierre already when I was 14. So he had an idea of who I was and what my strengths and weaknesses were, et cetera. And then, you know, I made so many mistakes maybe by playing certain tournaments and losing instead of maybe not playing, but these are little mistakes. In hindsight maybe a good thing I did them because I guess you don’t do them the second time around”.

Later, Roger Federer spoke about the significance of those mistakes in his life and how he tackled with it. “The important thing is to learn from them and not keep doing them. I think I did pretty well there. But I also had good people around me who always wanted the best for me. I think that’s great when you have that. The key is just to be able to know who is there really for you and who is not”.

“At the beginning of the career is difficult, just because when you’re rising, like the young guys now you see, all of a sudden you have guys jumping on the train and you don’t know why they’re there. All of a sudden they happen to be friends, you know. You just have to figure it out who is going to be part of the core team and who not. That’s tough when you’re young,” Roger Federer concluded.