Federer admits to be “emotionally wasted” when his match vs Zverev in Bogota’ was cancelled

Roger Federer and Sascha Zverev had a fantastic experience during their highly successful tour in Latin America a few weeks ago. The duo had a tremendous reception wherever they went and they also made an all-time record of presence for a tennis match when they attracted more than 42,000 adoring fans in Mexico.

However, there was a little bump on the road when they had to cancel at the last minute their exhibition in Bogota’ because of the local unrest.

Federer about having a breakdown

During the documentary “Roger Federer: Everywhere is Home” that will be broadcasted by the ESPN, the Swiss Maestro admitted that he became emotional when they cancelled the exhibition to say:

“We went to warm up and were having a blast on the court, but then everything started to get a bit crazy. I was thinking, is this the best scenario? Because people need to get home and be safe, and this was honestly when I knew we shouldn’t play, it was too much stress and pressure for everybody.

I had a bit of a breakdown. It was not going to be the dream match it was supposed to have been and I could feel it all falling apart at the end. When I came back, I was emotionally wasted.”

Federer’s exhibitions in China and South Africa

Roger has scheduled another couple of exhibitions. The 1st one will be played again against Sascha Zverev in Huangzhou (China) on the weekend of the 28th and 29th of December. Federer will play another exhibition (for his charity) with his dear friend Rafael Nadal at the Cape Town Stadium on Friday, 7 February 2020

Roger Federer’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.3, Roger played his last match on the 16^th of November when he was overcome by Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3 6-4 in the semifinal in London.

This year the Swiss has a 51-10 win-loss record. Federer has won 4 titles in 2019 in Dubai, in Miami, in Halle, and in Basel. The Swiss was the finalist in Indian Wells and in Wimbledon.

Alexander Zverev’s ranking and performance in 2019

Ranked no.7, Alexander played his last match on the 16^th of November when he had to bow to Dominic Thiem 7-5 6-3 in the semifinal in London.

This year Alexander has a 41-24 win-loss record. Zverev clinched 1 title in Geneva. Zverev was the finalist in Acapulco and in Shanghai.

Roger Federer and Alexander Zverev played each other 10 times. The head to head is 5-5.

The last time that they competed against each other, Alexander Zverev won 6-3 6-7⁷ 6-3 in the quarter in Shanghai (Shanghai Rolex Masters) on the 11^th of October 2019.

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