Novak Djokovic: Roger Federer is an ICON

Julien Benneteau said Roger Federer has a business relationship with Tennis Australia and that he played most of his Australian Open matches in the night session He specifically said Roger is an icon, but maybe he has too much influence.

Novak Djokovic spoke about it in press conference at the ATP Finals. 'Look, that's debatable really because in the end of the day, in a way he deserves the special treatment because he's six-time champion of Australian Open and arguably the best player ever,' said Djokovic.

'If he doesn't have it, who is going to have it? People want to see him play on the center court, and they want to see him play in showtime, the best hours, which is 7:30 at night in Rod Laver Arena. I really don't see a very strong argument there. 'To be honest, I mean, I understand Julien's point because sometimes it does seem that maybe certain players get more favored year after year in certain tournaments.

You kind of have to follow the pattern to really understand whether there is a case or not. Again, on the other side, you have to understand that also Federer is a driving force of tennis in terms of revenue, in terms of attention, in terms of all these different things.

Julien and guys like him are also benefitting from tennis, because of Roger, because of what he has done for the sport.'