How does it matter? He has more money than he can count. Those outside top 20 making ends meet deserve some sympathy.
You did not catch the sarcasm. He probably does not count his own money and has employees who do that for him.
While I was just joking, I actually heard Roger Federer saying in his presser today that he is actually shopping around for a shoe sponsor. :bloodsucker2: That should fetch him another 100 million at least. See an excerpt from his interview below.
Q. You've gotten a lot of records recently. One of yours is going to be broken at this tournament. Lopez will get the record for most consecutive slams played. Have you talked to him about it? Could you also just address your shoes, if you have a contract for the shoes?
ROGER FEDERER: So, I haven't spoken to Feliciano about it. I'm happy for him. I had a good run. I don't know. It wasn't like my number one concern. But it's nice that more and more players are able to keep themselves in shape. Especially I think as Feliciano and me, we go way back to the Junior European Championships under-16 here in Hatfield, all the way to today, that we can talk about breaking each other's records, him breaking mine. It's a great thing.
It's a testament for both of us to keep yourself in shape, loving the sport. I hope that many more players can achieve such a thing.
Obviously also the slams have grown in stature over the last years now. Everybody now wants to play everywhere, at all slams. Not like when I came on tour, people would skip Wimbledon, because grass wasn't their thing, clay, vice versa.
With the shoe situation, I don't have a shoe deal. I'm looking forward to see what shoes I will be wearing in the near future. For now, I will be wearing Nike. They have shown interest to have a shoe deal with me, as well. Ties are not broken there. I have deep roots with Nike. I've had a great relationship over the last 20 years. But everything is open. Yeah, it's very exciting also again to see what's out there, who wants to do something with me.
