While Roger Federer was known for his calm presence on court, he wasn’t afraid to speak up when he felt something needed to change in tennis.

Roger Federer has long been regarded as one of the sport’s most composed figures, but the Swiss great was never shy about speaking up when he felt tennis needed correcting. Even at the height of his career, Federer pushed for changes he believed would help modernise the sport — and one of those calls ended up shining a light on Rafael Nadal.

During Wimbledon 2014, Federer made an unusually firm appeal for umpires to tighten their policing of the time limit between points. For him, keeping the sport watchable meant ensuring players respected the pace-of-play rules already in place.

Speaking midway through the Championships, Federer stressed that sl

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