00:00Joshua Berry, 17 years old, in his final year of schooling in the UK, has flown down specially
00:15for the Dubai Tennis Championships to be part of the atmosphere here.
00:20Josh has done a fantastic job in giving us Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer,
00:31all the top players in their voices.
00:34Roger, I mean this week is definitely going to be a huge week for you as you aim for a
00:40record sixth crown in Dubai, what are your thoughts on that?
00:45Firstly it's incredible to get out here into Dubai, it's a huge crazy venue, I'm so excited
00:53to have that, to have the opportunity to play in a place where I like to train as well,
00:59that's incredible.
01:00I'm vowing to hopefully get a sixth title but it's important for me to focus on each
01:06point by point, focus on my hair as well, that's always a big concern when I go out
01:11onto the court, that's really important to have that and as long as it's conditioned
01:16well I usually hit the ball pretty well.
01:18Rafa, it's been a long time since you've come to Dubai, do you have any plans of just avoiding
01:25South America and coming to Dubai?
01:27Well I much prefer to play on the clay, it's much better for me I think, so I don't want
01:36to play on the hard if I can avoid, so that is what I'm going to try to do.
01:43What about your knees, are they okay?
01:46Always saying press, never like to talk about my knee, I don't want to talk about injuries,
01:51it's not something that I like to speak about, I just want to focus on trying my best and
01:58arranging my pants, looking at my water bottle and all those things.
02:03Welcome back, welcome to Dubai, how do you see yourself trying to match Roger?
02:10Well of course Roger is a phenomenal champion, he's possibly the greatest player to play
02:18our sport, it's going to be difficult I think, I'm going to have the help of a great champion
02:25in Becker but I'm going to have to try hard and try to do well.
02:32You've been already a champion, a toast of the people of Great Britain after winning
02:39the US Open of course and Wimbledon, the gold medal, London Olympics, what sort of a year
02:45are you looking forward to?
02:46Yeah I mean I'm just trying to focus on sorting out my back, obviously last year was great
02:54for me and yeah just trying to focus on that and yeah it's going to be a tough one but
03:03I'm feeling okay and getting back on the court playing pretty well so yeah that's important.
03:11Great, nice speaking with you, thank you so much for your time.
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