{"id":12793,"date":"2018-01-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/former-world-no-1-jumps-into-federer-controversy\/"},"modified":"2018-01-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T00:00:00","slug":"former-world-no-1-jumps-into-federer-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/former-world-no-1-jumps-into-federer-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Former World No 1 Jumps Into Federer Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Roger Federer has raised a few eyebrows with his comments about playing in extreme heat while he himself receives preferential treatment with his schedule at the Australian Open.<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"400\" width=\"700\" class=\"media-element file-default nova-lazyload-image-wrapper lz-cont img-responsive\" data-delta=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/federer.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cIf you want to get to the top, you\u2019ve got to play in all conditions,\u201d Federer said after players sweated it out searing heat.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cWe know it can be very hot here in Australia. I remember the days when we had four days of 40 degrees in a row a few years back. Now we got two.<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cYou know when you come down here that can happen\u2026 As long as nothing bad happens, it\u2019s all good.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But now former US Open champ Andy Roddick says Federer\u2019s easy ride is no surprise.<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cLet\u2019s not pretend like this isn\u2019t a business,\u201d Roddick said in a series of tweets. \u201cThe longer Roger is in an event, the more eyeballs are on screens, the more ad\/sponsor money in etc &#8230; so yes, they will listen to what the stars have to say. It\u2019s sensical.\u201d<\/h3>\n<h3>\u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times at US based I played second night match after Andre\/Pete. Not the preferred time recovery etc. I couldn\u2019t possibly complain, as they built the tournaments and audiences I was gonna play for.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also added, sarcastically:<\/p>\n<blockquote><h3>\u201cI\u2019m sure tennis would be much better off as a whole if they played Roger\/Rafa\/Serena\/Novak\/Maria out on court 13 just as often as everyone else &#8230; I feel like I\u2019m taking crazy pills.\u201d<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Federer&#39;s stunning hypocrisy.<br>Reigning champ has no sympathy for players forced to endure the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AusOpen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AusOpen<\/a> heat despite seeking, and receiving, special treatment.<br>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MN4Z2fBorW\">https:\/\/t.co\/MN4Z2fBorW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RtwbawU9v7\">pic.twitter.com\/RtwbawU9v7<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Herald Sun Sport (@heraldsunsport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/heraldsunsport\/status\/954111161846263808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roger Federer has raised a few eyebrows with his comments about playing in extreme heat while he himself receives preferential treatment with his schedule at the Australian Open. \u201cIf you want to get to the top, you\u2019ve got to play in all conditions,\u201d Federer said after players sweated it out searing heat. \u201cWe know it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":12794,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-12793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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