Roger Federer: Greg Rusedski reveals the two players Swiss legend loved watching
ROGER FEDERER loved watching Pete Sampras and Boris Becker growing up, says Greg Rusedski.
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Sampras and Becker played out a five-set epic at the ATP World Tour finals in 1996 which the American edged.
It came in front of Becker's home crowd in Germany and Sky Sports showed a re-run of the match today.
They got the views of pundit Rusedski afterwards who reflected on what that game meant for the likes of Federer, who has dominated his era with 19 Grand Slam wins.
Rusedski said: "Roger Federer loved watching Sampras and Becker growing up and that was just an iconic match.
"It's great this ATP Finals championships are named the Becker group and the Sampras group.
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"I have spoken to Paul Annacone about that final and the whole crowd was for Boris in Hannover in Germany.
"Paul said to Pete 'are you nervous?' and he said 'no, I'm loving this. I love having the whole crowd against me'.
"It's a rare character who can accept that as normally it's intimidating and or be a bit scared.
"He could just rise to a challenge. That was one of the greatest matches of all time."
