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Kate Middleton plays tennis with Roger Federer at Wimbledon<\/h3>\n

Roger Federer was not pleased with being put on the spot by Frances Tiafoe at the Laver Cup, with the Swiss jokingly branding him ‘annoying’. A question on who would play Federer, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal in a Hollywood film seemed to stump the 42-year-old, who was interviewed with an audience at the tournament that rounded off his professional career 12 months ago.<\/p>\n

Team World have built up a commanding lead at this year’s Laver Cup, thanks in part to Tiafoe’s latest win. The American defeated big-serving Pole Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets on Saturday night, sparking celebrations from his team-mates.<\/p>\n

Before he got down to business, Tiafoe took part in a question and answer session with Federer, who co-founded the Laver Cup and called time on his career by playing doubles at the tournament last year.<\/p>\n

Smirking, the 25-year-old asked Federer who would play him, Djokovic and Nadal if a Hollywood film was made about his life.<\/p>\n

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“Oh my, you’ve asked me a question here,” responded the 20-time Grand Slam champion. “This is so bad. I don’t know!” The audience then cracked up laughing when Federer suggested that he would choose Leonardo Di Caprio for himself.<\/p>\n

“And then Novak and Rafa… this is tough,” he continued. “Maybe Matthew McConaughey for Novak, and for Rafa… Antonio Banderas! That’s a tough question.”<\/p>\n

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When it was put to Federer that Tiafoe was just as tough an interviewer as he was an opponent on court, the Swiss responded: “Yeah, he’s annoying.”<\/p>\n

The pair came face-to-face as part of Federer’s last professional match, with the veteran partnering Nadal and Tiafoe lining up alongside Jack Sock in a Laver Cup doubles contest. Team World came out on top to end Federer’s career on a defeat, but Tiafoe insists that the result of the match was not important.<\/p>\n

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“Me and Jack were joking, should we go hard, should we not, should we make it a good show? I\u2019m glad we went out there and played hard,” he told The New York Times. “The result was so irrelevant. Tennis won that night.”<\/p>\n

After the match, Tiafoe told Federer: “Thank you for the last 20-plus years. Thank you not only for your on-court play, but for who you are as an individual. What you\u2019ve done will never die.”<\/p>\n

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