Federer recalls past experience as a ball boy in Basel: 'It's a great memory for me'

Federer was given a medal by Michael Stich and still has it now and he still has food with the ball boys now at the end of the tournament.

He says he loved being a ballboy and that he was able to see the best players first hand and that it was some of the best moments for him.

"Like it was yesterday. I kinda remember it, of course. I did it for two years and yeah it was Michael Stich who is the tournament director of Hamburg now, it's a great memory for me, I loved being a ballboy here, I was able to see the best players in the world, first-hand, and see how they would prepare and how they should sweat and how they did they deal with the pressure and yeah, it's good moments for me"

Then he added: "I am like glancing at the medal, I am like, Oh, here he comes, it's like a souvenir, I still have had them and I still get them today from ball boys and ball girls and I have pizza with them at the end of the tournament - they also give me a medal. I guess it means I am still a ball boy too because at heart, I am always gonna be a ball boy."

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