Wimbledon, and tennis, will probably be more popular in South Africa than in many other countries, and I think largely because during the time of isolation, Wimbledon was one of the few sporting events that we got to see on TV. Personally I find the French Open more interesting, because it has a lot more baseline play whereas Wimbledon involves a much more smash and bash sort of approach with big booming serves and then people running up to the net. The one thing that I think must disturb Rafael Nadal is the fact that so many people probably regard Roger Federer as the greatest tennis player ever, but in all the matches they have played against each other, Nadal has won 17 times, to Federer’s 8.

They have met in the finals of Grand Slam event 8 times and again Nadal has won 6 of those. The only year in fact in which Federer has had the better of Nadal was in 2007 when he won three of the five games where they played against each other. Federer has certainly won more Grand Slams, but when it comes to matches, and big matches, when he has been up against Nadal, Rafael Nadal has been the better player with the better record. Others would say that Nadal is the greatest clay court player of all time because that is where the majority of his wins took place, and that Federer is still the greatest tennis player of all time.