The Swiss superstar was playing against Serena Williams for the very first time in the mixed double team for the Hopman Cup in Perth Australia.
Roger Federer was showing a good performance for the very first clash against Serena Williams from America. He beat the America contender. But aside from showing good performance, Federer also showing that he is a very warmth type of people by offering both of them to took their selfie during match.
The superstars had amassed a total of more or less £150million in combined prize money in his whole career and now he is urged to joint in the match in the event of Hopman Cup in front of 14,064 Australia people who attend to see the stars play.
Federer and partner Belinda Bencic won 4-2, 4-3 for Team Switzerland against Americans Williams and Frances Tiafoe.
Federer praised Serena for her serve, saying: “It was great fun. I really enjoyed playing against Tiafoe and Williams. What an honour it was, thank you Serena to make this match possible. It was very entertaining. The crowd made it electric.
“I was nervous returning. People talk about her serve. You cannot read it. You cannot see it until the end. Hers is a bit better than mine. It was nervous-wracking.
“Serena is a great champion. To see how focused and determined she is, and I love that about her.”
Before the match began the pair took an amazing selfie which immediately racked up thousands of likes.
Williams said: “It was a great experience. I was just warming up! It was so much fun. We grew up together. So to have an opportunity after all these years to play each other is super cool.
“We have never done this before. I wanted to take pictures and bring my baby out. I was so excited.
“The guy is great, the greatest of all time to be honest, both on and off the court, he has such charisma.”
“There is a reason why he is the greatest – he has such a weapon of a serve. It’s a killer serve. Hopefully I can get some tips later.”
