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Benneteau questions Federer's privileges

The former French player questioned some of the advantages that the Basel champion would have enjoyed.

But „Bennet'” has also taken advantage of its new status to denounce certain shortcomings in which, according to him, the governing bodies of tennis are getting lost. Especially when it comes to pampering its biggest star, Roger Federer. Benneteau gave his opinion on the privileges that would have been granted to the Baloise for years.

„Roger is a legend of the game, an icon, only he can bring 15,000 people to Bercy, nothing to say,” began the Frenchman. Now, when he sets up the Laver Cup, there are a number of conflicts of interest that become disturbing. Regarding the new Davis Cup, he said nothing about the date in November. And when the September date was mentioned, he woke up and opposed Piqué (editor's note: the footballer at the head of Kosmos, the group that finances the new Davis Cup formula). That's where I find the instances of tennis are incredibly weak. His thing is an exhibition. There are no sporting selection criteria. He gives $750,000 to Nick Kyrgios. Yes, it's the rates. Another thing: in the organization of this event, there is Craig Tiley, the boss of the Australian Open, who is in charge of marketing and TV rights. Somewhere along the way, this gentleman is paid by Roger Federer's agent (editor's note: Tony Godsick) and behind him, as if by chance, Federer played 12 of his 14 matches in Melbourne at 7:30 pm.„

Consequences of a slip-up at Wimbledon

And Benneteau recalled that Federer had avoided playing in the midst of the Australian heat wave, unlike other stars on the circuit, Novak Djokovic in the lead. The Serb, who had fought Gaël Monfils under a temperature of 42 degrees, would have rightly lost behind the scenes against the officials in charge of the tournament's schedule.

On the other hand, at the last Wimbledon tournament, the eight-time winner on the London turf felt penalized for being moved to court No. 1, where he had not played for three years, for his quarter-final defeat against Kevin Anderson. This would have prompted his entourage to react during the following Grand Slam tournament: ”This year, the US Open opened the new Louis Armstrong court,„ said Benneteau. I heard Tony Godsick went into the referee's office to basically say, ”No way you're scheduling him on this.„ Roger Federer had indeed played all his matches in the Arthur Ashe stadium. ”It's normal that he has privileges, but there's a small drift,„ says the Tricolor. Now, we have to realize that there will be a void when he stops,” concluded the former Bourg-en-Bresse player.