Roger Federer appears to have reached a truce with the Bernard Tomic after he sparked a row with the Australian by upbraiding him about his work rate without checking his ranking first.
Roger Federer, a 17times grand slam champion, had said at the 23-year-old Tomic, touted as one of the up and coming generation of men tennis, was "far away" from reaching the top 10.
Tomic is the highest ranked Australian at 17, took umbrage at the remarks and then told reporters that, as far as he was concerned Federer is "nowhere near" the level of world number one Djokovic.
Tomic was as highly ranked as he had the talent, "To be quite honest, when I walked out of the press room I thought I was somewhat tough, but at the same time I was fair because I said nice things about him," Federer said.
"But then I checked his ranking. I didn't know his ranking was as high as it was, to be quite honest. I thought he was like 50 or 60 and he was top 20. "That was my bad, to be honest."
However, Tomic lost to Andy Murray in the fourth round on Monday.
However, Tomic lost to Andy Murray in the fourth round on Monday.
Here's what Bernard Tomic said to Roger Federer about his struggles against Djokovic:
"It's a big difference top-10 for a week or for a year or for multiple years, and getting there is not easy," he added. "It's a lot of dedication, a lot of hard work. There's a lot of guys who have the potential right now, not just him."
Federer, who practiced with Kyrgios ahead of the then 19-year-old's Wimbledon quarter-final run in 2014, added the world number 30 had "sick power" and could also go a long way if he could develop better control on the court.
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