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On a side note, does anyone hate Federer's attitude in his interviews? I understand he must be tired of being asked about the Nadal "rivalry," but Nadal shows nothing but admiration and praise for Federer in his interviews, but it seems like every time Nadal has beaten him Federer sort of gives him a backhanded (no pun intended) compliment. A lot of times, he seems to be saying that Nadal didn't beat him, he beat himself, he could have played better, etc. It's irritating.
I gotta disagree, though the first couple of matches between the two Fed didn't give much props to Nadal. Now it's a totally different story, Nadal isprobably the player Federer most respects on tour. I've noticed that a lot of stuff can be lost in transcripts of Federer's post match interviewcompared to actually watching the interview. He tends to be sarcastic and jokes a lot in interviews which gets lost in print.
I remember last year at Roland Garros, after the final he didn't even hold the interview with Bud Collins.
I can't even blame him for that, the guy is a tool. I was the happiest person when NBC fired Bud, then when ESPN picked him up...
By the way did anyone hear about what Djokovic's family did in Hamburg? Here's an article from a Serbian paper...
http://www.pressonline.co.rs/vest.jsp?id=37087§ionId=44
Djokovic's father attacks a RTS journalist (note RTS- National Serbian TV)
Srdjan Djokovic, the father of the best Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic , has used a force to enter (inroad) in TV studio of RTS last Saturday , unhappy with the way the commentator broadcasted Novak's match against Nadal at the Hamburg Masters.
During the second set of the aforementioned match , Srdjan Djokovic unexpectedly came inroad into the TV Studio , and started to yell and verbally attack the commentator Nebojsa Viskovic.
The reason for Srdjan's verbal attack was that the commentator didn't cheered enough for his beloved son and being a Serb he must cheer more for Novak. Also nervous Srdjan told the journalist that " he is not doing his work in a proper manner"
Novak's uncle (brother of Srdjan) went even further ,and after the match called Viskovic and started to curse and threat personally the commentator.