Federer:It`s surreal
Roger Federer`s new No. 1 Roger Federer, who will officially replace Rafael Nadal from the top spot in the world rankings Monday, commented that he is the oldest leader in the ATP chart in history. It`s really a little surreal. For the first time I became No. 1 in 2004 - far back in time, and now I return to first place after 4-5 years of pause. Federer, 36-year-old after his 4:6, 6:1, 6:1 victory against the Dutchman Robin Haase on the 1/4-Finals tournament in Rotterdam, said in an interview with the ATP YouTube channel. I think I was calm, I slept well, I watched the Olympics for 3-4 hours. Then I did a normal warm-up, everything was quite routine. My mind did not crawl to the left and to the right, like the Australian Open. I knew what I wanted to do and how I wanted to play, I was confident. It was a nice experience, the 36-year-old Swiss continued. The loss of the first set reminded me that I had to fight for the victory that she would not be given to me. We had dec...