'I found it a bit tough,' He added. 'It's not like I'm known to throw around words and whatever. It's not like the whole stadium heard it either, but no problem, I'll accept it,' Federer said of the violation.
Despite asking the umpire and line judge what he said multiple times during the match, Federer admitted to the curse in a post-match press conference while also explaining why he was frustrated.
"I mean I don't know [that] I understand. Back in the day, I feel like we could speak to lines people. Nowadays they tell me 'go speak to the umpire.' Okay, I'll go speak to the umpire, I walk across the court because they're not allowed to speak to the players," Federer said."Honestly, to be frustrated at one point for over, I don't know, one hour and 15 minutes through the match, I think it's normal. I found it a bit tough.
"I found it a bit tough," He added."It's not like I'm known to throw around words and whatever. It's not like the whole stadium heard it either, but no problem, I'll accept it.""Clearly she speaks mixed," Federer added alluding to the line judge that alerted Velijovic of his curse."Next time I got to check the lines people."
Despite his code violation and frustration during the third set, Federer went on to win the match in five sets, erasing seven match points. With his win, Federer will move on to face the No. 2 seeded Novak Djokovic in the Australian Open semi-finals on Thursday.
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