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Juan Martin Del Potro entered the media room after his 63 64 defeat to Roger Federer in yesterday’s Miami Open third round clash of titans but no English speaking reporter requested the microphone so the ATP rep suddenly pointed to me to ask the first one. I guess she likes my press conference questions so here is what I asked Juan…

Is this the best Roger has ever played? Federer’s backhand actually broke down the Nadal forehand in Indian Wells. We had never seen that. Some so-called experts are saying Federer could be at his very best right now. Do you agree with that?

Del Potro replied, “Yeah, he always has a good backhand. But at the moment even better because he is moving so fast so that backhand and his legs are moving faster than years ago. I think that is the key of his improvement with the backhand.”

Del Potro then discussed the difference of Roger’s level now and hus level the last time they played three years ago.

“He always play good tennis. He’s the best of the history. I think today he played better than me. He played solid in the important moments. He’s the guy winning the big events of the season and I wish all the best to him. Would be great if we see him in the top positions again.” by Scoop Malinowski

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