Video: Federer on Being Hingis' "Biggest Admirer"

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Video: Federer on Being Hingis' "Biggest Admirer"

Swiss masters Roger Federer and Martina Hingis shared the court leading Switzerland to the 2001 Hopman Cup and share a mututal respect.

The Grand Slam king, who once served as a ball boy during a Hingis match, revealed he is the former No. 1's "biggest admirer."

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In the International Tennis Hall of Fame's tribute to Hingis, Federer praises his former mixed doubles partner.

"I was always the biggest admirer of her," Federer says. "How, at a young age, she was able to handle the pressure and play so well. And then obviously the whole combination was just incredible."

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