Roger Federer: “Novak, Rafa and I still Grand Slam Favourites”

Roger Federer, 20-time Grand Slam Winner has given cold comfort to the next generation of men’s players hoping for Grand Slam glory, insisting he, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal are still deserving favourites to claim the game’s biggest trophies. Top seed Djokovic declared the three should be favourites to win the Slams, and Federer agreed when asked after his Evans match. “Yes, I guess so,” the third seed told reporters. “I mean, look, I think we know how to win Slams, Novak, Rafa, myself. I mean, Rafa has to be the number one favourite, I don’t care how he feels, before the French. Novak is always a favourite on the hard courts, basically any court if he’s feeling 100 per cent if he plays like last year. Maybe just because of my amount of titles I have at Wimbledon and other places, maybe also have to put me in the mix every time, as well.” “There are other guys, no doubt about it,” said 37-year-old Federer, who will play American Taylor Fritz in the third round. “I think also with Sascha (Zverev) holding the World Tour Finals, I think it’s fair to say that even though he has not ripped through those Slams yet, he will go deep this year definitely at one of them. Maybe even here. We’ll see.”

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