2017 Tournament Interviews

Mary Carillo and Paul Annacone:




http://tennischannel.com/news/top-stories/watch-federer-tennis-channels-exclusive-interview-after-nadal-match-03-16-2017

First time I see Roger with a bracelet. Gift from the girls?

Lucycanada wrote:there is a great interview with Roger on the Tennis Channel website.  I do not know how to bring it here.

This one, Lucy?

http://tennischannel.com/news/top-stories/watch-federer-tennis-channels-exclusive-interview-after-nadal-match-03-16-2017

I posted it at another thread at the "News" topic.

A couple of others vid from TC. Short interview of Roger after his match and today's TC desk review talking about Roger's game.    

.@rogerfederer def. Nadal to earn himself a spot in the @bnpparibasopen quarterfinals!

We caught up w/ Roger to ask how he stays motivated: pic.twitter.com/AqeqDjVPoS

— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) March 16, 2017

Tennis Channel - 9 hrs  

The TC Live crew is recapping Fed's victory last night & previewing today's action:

That was such an admission from Rog, his fear of shanking his bh all those years.   Just that one thing answers all our questions during 2014/15 about why did he seem nervous, not confident enough in those big SF/Finals, why didn't he recognise he was still the best etc etc.  

Where would he have been now had he been willing to change his racquet earlier.   I still remember an interview, has to have been post-2012, and his reply was quite tetchy
"That racquet has won me 17 Grand Slams, why would I want to change it?"  Sick of hearing it for sure.
Must have been after his early loss in Wimby13 as I could see no other tourneys at that time.  And he did change it then.  One can only imagine how it would have made a difference to 2014/2015 Wimby results - not to mention all the rest if he'd got the feel of it sooner.   But spilt milk and all that - we can only change when we are ready or Circumstance dictates.
And as he says, it makes it all the sweeter now.  Just pray it wasn't too late and his body holds up for a good couple of years so he can reclaim his true place.  
And address some of those H2Hs

cromar, I am not a subscriber, and even live tennis at TC I cannot see, due to restricted areas. But I see the interview! Very strange...

Thanks for all the others!

avasbar, I pray for the same. But I also think that, playing like this he allows himself to play many more years. He goes for it, saves energy... A beauty! Go, Roger!

I am not Tennis Channel subscriber but i can see the the interview. (And  part of this interview is available at TC facebook page, i placed the link at the previous page of this thread.)
About the racket change - as far as i remember Roger said many times that he had tested a lot of rackets through the years before he decided to switch. And still it took 2+ years practically to adjust to new racket. But now it is magic to watch!

I don't know if this is the right place, but... Roger came out on court to talk with the fans:

BNP Paribas Open 2017: Federer Speaks to Fans After Walkover



Published on Mar 17, 2017
Roger Federer was handed a walkover into the semifinals after Nick Kyrgios withdrew due to illness, saying XYZ. He addressed fans inside Stadium 1 with tournament emcee Andrew Krasny.

Post-match on-court interview after the SF match vs Sock

Post-match interview

Márciaf wrote:
cromar, I am not a subscriber, and even live tennis at TC I cannot see, due to restricted areas. But I see the interview! Very strange...

Thanks for all the others!
....

I found out that it's not an issue of location or subscriber, but a problem with my browser (IE 11) and JW videos. I tested it with Chrome and I can see the interview just fine!...  Nice one, by the way!    

This technology drive me nuts sometimes!  

Roger Federer interview after winning 2017 BNP Paribas Open | Indian Wells 2017

Wonderful vrazkar- dont know how you manage to find all these interviews so quickly each time

Stan Wawrinka jokingly referred to Roger Federer as an ‘asshole’ in his post-match speech.
Roger Federer has a reputation as one of the nicest pro athletes among his fellow tennis players and fans.

When Stan Wawrinka got emotional in his post-match comments to the crowd after losing the BNP Paribas Open final, Federer sat courtside laughing.

“I would like to congratulate Roger,” Wawrinka said, glancing at his countryman and friend. “He’s laughing. He’s an asshole, but it’s OK.”

Wawrinka wiped his eyes and apologised to the crowd, explaining he was tired after the desert tournament ended Sunday.



Federer said he was only trying to cheer up Wawrinka.

“I was trying, when he looked at me, not to give him the sad face,” he said. “I was looking at him going, ‘You’ll be fine,’ and gave him a laugh, say, maybe gets his mind off it. I guess I achieved that.”

Asked later if it was the first time in his life that he had been called the expletive, Federer said he’d heard it “many, many times before” in a joking way.

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“That’s why I take it as a compliment,” he said, smiling.

“There’s not always cameras around, so I get called that sometimes. Quite often, actually. On the court is the first time, but it felt good.”

- See more at: http://tennismash.com/2017/03/20/wawrinka-roger-ahole/#sthash.qhcr66KA.dpuf

Dont know why my posts only show the boring generic interview page
But its still a nice pre-tourney interview in Miami