Courier on conducting emotional farewell for Federer at Laver Cup: "I anticipated a lot of emotion from Roger, what I didn't was the emotion from everyone else"

Jim Courier was in London for the Laver Cup as part of his commitment to Eurosport and he reflected on in it recently.

Courier conducted the final on-court interview of Federer, a memory that will follow him for the rest of his life. He talked about it recently admitting that he was ready for the magnitude of the moment but he wasn't ready for the emotions of everyone involved:

"I was ready for it, I knew it was going to be significant. I anticipated a lot of emotion from Roger, what I didn't anticipate was the emotion from everyone else on the court. I certainly expected the crowd to be emotional when Roger got emotional, because he is emotional. We've seen him cry when he wins, when he loses, he gives it, which is great."

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He expanded:

"What was unforeseen was the emotion coming from his peer group, especially Rafa, Novak, Andy, the core group there. Rafa was especially emotional. That was really an amazing energy. I kind of appreciate that they were seeing their end in his end, in a way, it's kind of telling also."

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