WTA: Roger Federer is a committed fan of Venus and Serena Williams

Not only the female tennis world watched the duel between Venus and Serena Williams with suspense on Monday evening in Indian Wells. Roger Federer also aroused his admiration for the two expressions.

The constellation on the WTA tour is unique: with Serena and Venus Williams, two sisters have left their mark on the tennis sport, dominating it for many years and enriching it in every case. Even parallels to other disciplines can hardly be drawn, at the moment one could for example lead the Boe brothers. However, they do excellently in the niche biathlon, Venus and Serena give it in tennis a level higher and more international. What is not hidden from competitors.

Simona Halep, for example, had stayed free on Monday evening in Indian Wells when the 29th anniversary of her death was announced. Don’t miss the 10th edition of the “Sister Act”. Roger Federer also paid tribute to the two American women after his effortless two-set win against Serbian Filip Krajinovic.

“Continuity and dominance. They have shown this”, said the 20 times major winner from Switzerland. The Williams sisters appeared under a big bang in the tennis scene,”and they fulfilled all expectations. From the beginning it was just interesting to follow the two of them on their way,”said Federer,” I think they didn’t play much of junior tournaments, which made it even more interesting. Because you just didn’t know exactly what to expect from Venus and Serena.”

For many years, we had been worried that they would stop early because of illness or injury,”he said. We weren’t sure they would play as long as we had hoped,”added the defending champion in the men’s singles at Indian Wells.

“But here they are now. They are both older than 35.36 and still play at the top. and Venus had many difficult situations to overcome.”