Roger Federer Foundation CEO on Cape Town exhibition match against Nadal: 'It will be a very emotional moment not just for the region but for Roger himself'
Tennis NewsSaturday, 12 October 2019 at 12:33
Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will continue their rivalry into Cape Town in early 2020 with an exhibition match for the fans in South Africa.
The CEO of the Roger Federer Foundation, Janine Handel said that it will be an emotional moment for the Swiss legend and that they will both take it really seriously despite the match not meaning anything in the grand scheme of things.
"It will be a very emotional moment not just for the region but for Roger himself. He has been thinking about it for many years. He has fans everywhere in the world and especially in South Africa. This is what we feel every minute preparing this match," said Handel.
"It is an exhibition match but there is not so much fun about it. They really take it serious and we really do everything to present IQ tennis with IQ conditions as the court, environment in the stadium. They take it very seriously."
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