Federer coaching 20 y/o Zverev: 'You think the return is better from the back?'

Just about anyone would kill for the opportunity to be coached by Roger Federer, and a 20 year old Alexander Zverev was lucky enough to find himself in that very position at the 2017 Laver Cup. What do you think of Federer's advice? Is is as important as Fed thinks that Sasha doesn't get pushed off the baseline?

[Kidgloves]

Getting tactical advice from Fed..that's special..

[igotboo]

Wow… what a blessing to be advised by one of the greatest minds in tennis.

[sluvnzlpro]

And he didn't listen to him to this day

[DaggerMan]

If Zverev ever actually took this advice and applied it to his game, he'd probably have slams

[Angelah]

What a privilege to get coaching from Roger!!!

[deluxewaterless]

Roger knows the game why his won so much . The game isn't the same without him -and Serena !

[grega]

Roger needs to go ahead and coach, He has natural way of seeing and expressing the what a player needs to do to improve. A player like Rublev, Zverev, or Sinner would benefit ftom him

[markaven]

He's saying be confident and attack

[senorgato]

The advice Roger is giving is exactly the key to his, Novak's and Rafa's success. I always loved how Roger rarely ever gave up his baseline position, even if it meant taking ever groundstroke on the rise. Just watch his AO final win over Nadal in 2017.
I like this interaction. Sasha wanting direction and advice and Roger giving good, balanced direction without completely changing his style of play.

[carlosignatov]

Que LINDO es ver a ROGER y a RAFA asesorando a Sasha en ése CRUCIAL Partido que después GANÓ !!! .

[dinadechavez]

zverev have a good coach also my idol federer❤❤❤

[fedwrld]

Goosebumps thinking about the conversations that Federer will have with the new players once he becomes team Europe captain

[joshuab]

Clearly zverev didn't take this advice to heart. Linespeople beware

[andreagentile]

Can you ever disagree with Roger? 😂 He's just from another world, so, whatever he says I take for granted he is correct

[rupakgbikas]

Good advice from coach. At this time, Roon is the better player, and he can defeat almost all. After Alexander defeated tough opponent Tallon Griekspook, Alexander Zverev suddenly decided not to play any more. Zverev decided to drop out of the next round of the 2024 French open tennis championship next day.

[rrhotj]

Federer wants him to dominate. Usually, zverev, for all his strength and height, usually stays way beyond the baseline. Somehow, his opponents take advantage of that. Federer wants him to stay aggressive. Make and take shots near the baseline. Then if there is a chance, push further and find ways to create good strong shots that will put opponents on the defensive and zverev smashing near the net.

[airkuna]

In tennis u need skills and brain, if u have high tennis IQ it helps a lot..

[wassilafritschy]

A quand capitaine du team Europe ?❤❤❤🎾😀

[cks]

He's basically telling him to take the ball early, but Zverev likes to let the ball drop a little bit to have an easier time to hit the ball, but results in loss of pace and not taking time away from opponent

[amiartapura]

Let's see how many GS Sasha would get