Tennis impersonator Josh Berry at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. Gulf News interviews Josh Berry as he impersonates top tennis players Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00Joshua Berry, 17 years old, in his final year of schooling in the UK, has flown down specially
00:15for the Dubai Tennis Championships to be part of the atmosphere here.
00:20Josh has done a fantastic job in giving us Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer,
00:31all the top players in their voices.
00:34Roger, I mean this week is definitely going to be a huge week for you as you aim for a
00:40record sixth crown in Dubai, what are your thoughts on that?
00:45Firstly it's incredible to get out here into Dubai, it's a huge crazy venue, I'm so excited
00:53to have that, to have the opportunity to play in a place where I like to train as well,
00:59that's incredible.
01:00I'm vowing to hopefully get a sixth title but it's important for me to focus on each
01:06point by point, focus on my hair as well, that's always a big concern when I go out
01:11onto the court, that's really important to have that and as long as it's conditioned
01:16well I usually hit the ball pretty well.
01:18Rafa, it's been a long time since you've come to Dubai, do you have any plans of just avoiding
01:25South America and coming to Dubai?
01:27Well I much prefer to play on the clay, it's much better for me I think, so I don't want
01:36to play on the hard if I can avoid, so that is what I'm going to try to do.
01:43What about your knees, are they okay?
01:46Always saying press, never like to talk about my knee, I don't want to talk about injuries,
01:51it's not something that I like to speak about, I just want to focus on trying my best and
01:58arranging my pants, looking at my water bottle and all those things.
02:03Welcome back, welcome to Dubai, how do you see yourself trying to match Roger?
02:10Well of course Roger is a phenomenal champion, he's possibly the greatest player to play
02:18our sport, it's going to be difficult I think, I'm going to have the help of a great champion
02:25in Becker but I'm going to have to try hard and try to do well.
02:32You've been already a champion, a toast of the people of Great Britain after winning
02:39the US Open of course and Wimbledon, the gold medal, London Olympics, what sort of a year
02:45are you looking forward to?
02:46Yeah I mean I'm just trying to focus on sorting out my back, obviously last year was great
02:54for me and yeah just trying to focus on that and yeah it's going to be a tough one but
03:03I'm feeling okay and getting back on the court playing pretty well so yeah that's important.
03:11Great, nice speaking with you, thank you so much for your time.