Roger Federer is not impressed with the behavior of the tournament director regarding the surfaces, believing that their desire is to secure the final between Alcaraz and Sinner by slowing down the courts.
Team World's Reilly Opelka lost to Ruud in straight sets.
Although the serve is his weapon, the famous tennis player was unable to impose a rhythm due to the slow speed of the court.
The Swiss tennis player admitted his mistake, but also emphasizes that Casper Ruud is the profile of a tennis player who knows how to respond in the right way and return the serve.
"I just had this conversation this morning with Reilly Opelka. I told him, "it's not okay. I fault myself (for the slow indoor hardcourt at the 2025 Laver Cup)", because I was part of the decision-making of the court surface speed here, but it can't be that he's kick serving on the ad side indoors against Casper Ruud," Federer said, as quoted by Sportskeeda.
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"Casper Ruud actually can go back, even has that option indoors to go return Reilly's serve, which is arguably one of the best serves in the game right now, and he returns it from hip height and just hits a crosscourt passing shot winner on break point. I feel like it should be a little bit more difficult to be able to do that," he continued.
Federer is frustrated
The tennis legend recalled his career and great moments, somewhat frustrated by the changes that have appeared on the tennis scene. While in his era there was serious adrenaline before matches, it seems that now the situation is significantly different.
Federer noticed that most tennis players play the same way, but he mostly blames the tournament directors who allowed such a thing. This opinion is shared by many tennis legends, who are frustrated by such happening in the world of tennis.
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"Back in the day only 12 tournaments counted. So everybody would play on their favorite surface and then they wouldn't sometimes meet, and those were the best matches, when you have the attacker against the retriever. And now everyone plays similar. It's because the tournament directors have allowed, with the ball speed and the court speed, that every week is basically the same."- he concluded.
