Santoro: ‘Federer’s the best player I ever faced. The dirtiest player? Coria, he’s a cheater’

Fabrice Santoro had an interesting interview with L”Equipe, where the former world no. 17 revealed some interesting things.

Asked who”s the best player he”s ever faced, Santoro said unhesitatingly, “Federer without a doubt. He makes even the toughest things look easy. That”s the most impressive thing. His best quality is his freshness. It”s abnormal to me. It”s not normal to be like he is, laughing in the dressing room like a 15-year old kid. It”s inexplicable. He lives the profession. Some like the tennis, others the travelling, the competition, the training, the interviews, and signing autographs. He lives for all that 100%. It”s like he was measured for a suit and they created a sport for that guy.”The thing that upset him the most on the court: “Against Berdych at Wimbledon in 2006. It was the biggest injustice I”d ever endured on a court. I played one of the best matches of my career on grass, I had two match points and he calls the physio saying he was injured. The match was interrupted for almost a quarter of an hour (Santoro lost the match 6-4, 6-7, 2-6, 7-6, 6-4). When he was …

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