Fabio Fognini, former tennis player: ​”I haven’t spoken to Musetti yet, but his coach sent me training videos and told me that, in the best of three sets, Federer still beats at least 80 of the best 100 in the world. The general level of the circuit has gone down”

Roger Federer’s return to the courts has been one of the big news in these days prior to the start of the US Open. Last Tuesday, the legendary Swiss tennis player played an exhibition on the Arthur Ashe court, much celebrated by fans. There, and against Andy Roddick, he once again displayed the elegance of his blows to end up winning 6-3.

His great level makes many wonder if the winner of 20 Grand Slam titles could stand up to the current stars of the racket, and there are answers for all tastes.

One of those who believes that the Swiss is still at the best level is Fabio Fogniniwhich revealed a conversation with Lorenzo Musetti’s coach.

“I haven’t spoken to Musetti yet, but Simone Tartarini (his coach) sent me some videos from yesterday’s training session. He told me that, in his opinion, Federer, in a single match, would still beat at least 80 of the top 100 players in the world. The level has dropped“, he explained in statements to ‘Sky Sports’.

Federer, who claims to have not played a singles since losing to the Polish Hubert Hurkacz at Wimbledon 2021, stated a few days ago that, if you were given the choice to play one last professional match in the tournament, it is clear that I would choose Carlos Alcaraz.

“Yes, maybe it would be with Carlos. I think it’s exciting. I never had the opportunity to play against him. Not even in front of Sinner. We only trained a little when they were starting,” said Federer, a five-time consecutive champion at Flushing Meadows.

“I missed that generation, unfortunately, because of my knee problem“, means. He lived the moment of the ‘Big 3’ with the Spanish Rafa Nadal and the Serbian Novak Djokovic. “It would also be great to have one last US Open match with him. Still in top shape. And if he continues it is because he feels he can win the tournament. “I never rule him out, I’ve seen him do incredible things,” Federer said.