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Over the course of time, the swiss maestro Roger Federer has his name engraved in the hearts of his fans. And every time, the tennis player entered the court, he could only your one name going through his ears, ROGER, ROGER… However, there was a time when the tennis player was asked whether the continuous chanting ever annoys him. And his response made in closer to his fans.

The 20-time Grand Slam champion has played a lot of tennis and is well-known in the game. However, even after ascending extremely high, every tennis enthusiast still adores him

What Roger Federer felt about hearing continued chanting on the tennis court

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While the tennis player was aiming for his last Australian Open title, back in 2018. On night two of the tournament, Will Ferrell interviewed the former world number one and the tennis legend John McEnroe.

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And now as we are moving towards this year’s Australian Open addition without the Swiss maestro. A video from that interview was shared by Eurosport over their official Twitter account, where the famous film actor ask the most annoying questions in the most annoying way to the former world number one. 

While the on-court interview was going on, the crowd was still chanting Roger, Roger. And hearing that, the American actor questioned the 20-time Grand Slam champion whether the chanting ever annoyed him. The swiss maestro took a sarcastic stroll to answer the query. And said, “They remind me of my name. It’s good, at an older age if we start forgetting your own name sometimes it’s great.” 

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However, it’s been a long time and still, now there has been no difference in the chanting. Nevertheless, there was a time, when the swiss maestro’s arch-rival Novak Djokovic talked about reciprocating the Roger chanting into his own.

When Djokovic heard NOVAK in place of ROGER

Back in 2019, when the 20-time Grand Slam champion played his last Grand Slam final against the Serbian tennis player. Djokovic made a strange admission regarding the crowd chanting the Swiss maestro’s name and how he overcome the crowd chanting at such a crucial point. 

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The 21-time Grand Slam champion, after winning the Wimbledon title, talked about whenever the crowd shouted Roger, he use to hear his own name to keep his spirits up for the game. Not only that, the Serbian tennis player convinced himself that this is how he has to transmute his mind to those chanting.