SOME NICE THINGS ROGER SAID...
Roger Federer was asked about possibly facing JC in Madrid and he had some nice things to say ^^
Q. You could face Juan Carlos Ferrero in your next match. He's the last person you played here in Madrid in 2003. Does that have any emotional attachment for you? Do you have any thoughts on that?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah. We had an important match back then. We were fighting for the number one position towards the end of the year. He came off a good U.S. Open. I came off a good Wimbleton. And the indoor season we knew we were at about the same strength. It was a tough match for me to lose, but he played well. I've actually always enjoyed playing against him because we came up through the juniors together. Then, like I said, we were at the same time at the very, very top.
We had some good battles. I basically turned number one in the world then against him later on at the Australian Open in '04. So that was my big match against him and I won that. I always enjoy playing former world number ones, and there's no difference with Juan Carlos. I always hope they come back to the top like Safin and Hewitt and Roddick and Ferrero belongs to that group of course.
> full interview
Q. You could face Juan Carlos Ferrero in your next match. He's the last person you played here in Madrid in 2003. Does that have any emotional attachment for you? Do you have any thoughts on that?
ROGER FEDERER: Yeah. We had an important match back then. We were fighting for the number one position towards the end of the year. He came off a good U.S. Open. I came off a good Wimbleton. And the indoor season we knew we were at about the same strength. It was a tough match for me to lose, but he played well. I've actually always enjoyed playing against him because we came up through the juniors together. Then, like I said, we were at the same time at the very, very top.
We had some good battles. I basically turned number one in the world then against him later on at the Australian Open in '04. So that was my big match against him and I won that. I always enjoy playing former world number ones, and there's no difference with Juan Carlos. I always hope they come back to the top like Safin and Hewitt and Roddick and Ferrero belongs to that group of course.
> full interview
