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Federer Has Support of Aussie Legends

By Philip Oliver on Thu, 24/11.2011

Roger Federer has received glowing recommendations from two of the best tennis players in Australia's history; Rod Laver and Roy Emerson.

The pair visited Queensland, Australia, the site of the upcoming Brisbane International, recently, and were asked for their favourites for the first Grand Slam of the year, the Australian Open.

Laver, who is known as the 'Rockhampton Rocket', owing to the town of his birth, said that the Open would be "a good place" for Federer to re-discover his title-winning form. Those looking at the latest Australian Open betting should remember this.

However, the Rocket's admiration is no mere bout of hero worship; Laver cited the Swiss player's performance at the recent Paris Masters as the impetus for his support of Federer – specifically, that he excels indoors.

"I saw him at the Paris Indoors, and he played awfully well there", Laver explained. "He's serving a whole lot better. He's getting to the net a lot more, and he's got a drop shot that works pretty effectively."

The 73-year-old will no doubt have watched Federer's straight set demolition of Spanish player, Rafael Nadal, yesterday, assured that his recommendation of the sixteen-time Grand Slam winner was justified.

Echoing Laver's comments, Roy Emerson referred to Federer as an "incredible" player, who has "still got some Grand Slams in him". Emerson, who knows more about major tennis tournaments than most, having won twelve Slams of his own, lamented the fact that Federer did not win the US Open, earlier this year.

Laver and Emerson were visiting the Queensland Tennis Centre, which has been recently refurbished following devastating floods. The deluge, which occurred after Andy Roddick claimed the title at the 2011 Brisbane International, reportedly reached heights of almost two metres – or the size of a standard umpire's chair.


 
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