Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, and others react to Roger Federer's Hall of Fame induction

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• Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, Stefan Edberg, and Billie Jean King reacted to Roger Federer's induction into the Tennis Hall of Fame
• Becker and Edberg, two of Federer's heroes while growing up, had a message for the Tennis legend
• The former WTA legends like Martina Hingis and Billie Jean King also reacted to the special moment

Boris Becker, Martina Hingis, Stefan Edberg, and Billie Jean King reacted to Roger Federer's induction into the Tennis Hall of Fame. Becker and Edberg, two of Federer's heroes while growing up, had a message for the Tennis legend. The former WTA legends like Martina Hingis and Billie Jean King also reacted to the special moment.

Edberg, who coached Federer once, regarded him as a deserving candidate, given his 20 Grand Slam wins. "Congratulations on being part of the Tennis Hall of Fame. You really, really deserve it. You’ve had an incredible career, and 20 Grand Slam titles tell it all," Stefan said.

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Becker, Novak Djokovic's former coach, regarded Federer as the most important sportsman of all time. "You really put tennis on a different map. Whenever you started winning, people who had nothing to do with tennis liked tennis because of you. So you're not only one of the best players in tennis of all time, you're the most important sportsman of all time," Becker said.

"You kind of make it look so easy," - Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis, with whom the Swiss star won the Hopman Cup title in 2001, said, "Everything always looked so perfect, easy when you were on court, and many people don't see all the sweat that is behind it because you kind of make it look so easy."

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Billie Jean King also opened up on Federer's honor. You have meant so much to so many of us. You had such guts, such focus, such intensity. I could see how much it meant to you, and just watching you brought out every aspect of your character," Billie Jean King said.