Corretja advises Federer to only accept Wimbledon role if it is 'something special': "You need to value Federer as what he is"

Alex Corretja advised Federer to accept the BBC Wimbledon gig only if it's a special offer because he's magnitude in the sport needs to be valued.

Federer has expressed interest in joining tennis media and reports recently suggested that the Swiss player has been in talks of joining the BBC coverage team for Wimbledon. It's a very popular stream that featured Boris Becker for many years but he's been dropped due to the inability to enter the UK legally for a while.

Corretja would love to see it:

“He knows tennis, he loves tennis, he is well respected, he’s such a classy guy and definitely that would be awesome for us to have him somewhere related to tennis. I think it’s nice to have the ex-players involved because they can add lots of things, lots of experiences that no one lived before so if you’ve been there before it’s much easier to explain why players are feeling one way or another than if you’ve never been there before."

He added:

“I think it will be awesome to have Federer involved in tennis which I think he will continue, but the more he will be, the better for everyone.” But he was quick to call for the 103-time title winner to be “valued” by the BBC and other broadcasters, explaining that Federer needed his own show or segment that reflected how special he was."

And some more:

“I’m not so sure if he’s going to be calling matches or not, I’m not so sure if he’s going to be sitting in the booth, maybe he might do it from time to time. But I see him running a show, being the main one there and saying ‘Okay, I’m the man here’, guiding the whole thing. Maybe doing interviews or a programme, doing something special.”