this Argentine early summer evening was Roger Federer for everything, was loose, danced, and joked. And as from the audience, someone called, he should, please, stand for a photo, he did not only this, but remained the same in various poses – serve, Forehand, backhand. Then he asked if that was okay.

show the games are athletic, although meaningless, and the result is of secondary importance. That the entertainment value for the spectators, often, even larger, was also in Buenos Aires. Alone, the presence of Federer’s resulted in a standing ovation, he was greeted with a boisterous “Olé, Olé”foot-ball chants from full ranks in the huge multi-purpose stadium Parque Roqua. With Trick shots as Tweenern or extreme stop balls, he and Alexander Zverev received in your Match, the German narrowly won, again and again, applause.

Zverev was filling in for the still recovering Argentine Juan Martin Del Potro, who came as a guest of honour at the Court. Via Video even another Argentinean sports star, Diego Maradona has been switched on. The health of the visibly ailing 59-year-old former world champion turned directly to Federer, calling him a “machine” and said: “You were, are and will always remain the Greatest.” Federer could contact him, if he have in Argentina is a Problem, and he regards his wife (Video above).

Federer followed up the video message with watery eyes. He turned himself with emotional words to the audience, that stirred him to tears. He’ll eventually come to Buenos Aires and back, if maybe not as a tennis player, he said. Zverev and he had played on Tuesday in Santiago de Chile. Your show tour leads you further to the city of Bogota, Mexico city and Quito, where from Friday to Sunday with three more performances scheduled.

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Created: 21.11.2019, 09:58 PM

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