I've never enjoyed watching someone playing tennis as much as Federer. I'm just in awe. Pete Sampras was wonderful but he relied so much on his serve, whereas Roger has it all, he's just so graceful, elegant and fluid-a symphony in tennis whites. Roger can produce tennis shots that should be declared illegal.

I thought Ellsworth Vines and Don Budge were pretty good. And Gonzalez and Hoad could play a bit, too, but I have never seen anyone play the game better than F…

He's the best player I've ever played against, full stop ... and he was just too good today.

Roger is a complete player. What he has, and it's not luck, is the ability to change his game slightly as to what his opponent's doing to him.