I’m the no.1 Nadal fan in the world: Federer

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Roger Federer says he’s Rafael Nadal’s biggest fan. Image Source: news.ournet.in

Internet Desk: Roger Federer gave the interview to American Jim Courier on the court after the victory over Stan Wawrinka and commented how special it is to reach the final of the Australian Open after six months of inactivity due to knee injury.

“The feeling is incredible, I could not imagine in my best dreams that I could get so far here,” said the Swiss who beat compatriot Stan Wawrinka, by 7/5, 6/3, 1/6, 4/6, 6/3.

Federer will watch the second semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov on Friday and play the decider on Sunday, his sixth in the tournament where he seeks the fifth title in Melbourne.

“It’s real now (possibility of facing Nadal). Now I can speak as in previous rounds is always on the next game, but now is the last. I will give my maximum. Rafa is the biggest challenge in my career.This court lets you play offensive. I’m a fan of him, he has a tremendous game, incredible competitor, I’m glad we had some epic battles in the last years.Playing him here in the final would be unreal, I was with him in his new gym and he said he wanted to play a charity match, we can play with some youth, it’s the best we could do now he and I coming back from injury, a few months later we can Play the final, this tournament for us is already being special so I hope I can face it. ”

As Federer is not yet defined about his opponent, he commented on Dimitrov. Grigor had never reached the final of any major grandslam”Grigor is a complete player, can vary a lot and is very confident now, you never want to face such confident players, but it will be him or Rafa, I like his game, the style, it’s been complicated years, but he’s turning the game, he beat very good players in his earlier matches, it’ll be a great test against Rafa, I’ll watch.”