That is the view of former British No. 1 Greg Rusedski.
The claims about the apparent favourable treatment that the Swiss star receives came from retired French player Julien Benneteau.
Benneteau claimed in November that Federer had received ‘favourable scheduling’ in previous Australian Open tournaments, citing that the majority of his matches were played in the evenings.
Rusedski, however, believes that there is no conflict of interest there and that Federer has earned his right to any favouritism.
“You earn your right, he sells your tickets,” Rusedski told the Metro.
“I think it’s kind of here nor there. You earn your rights.
“I think we’re talking about possibly the greatest player of all time and everybody wants to see him.
“The longer Roger plays this game, the better it is. He’s made a lot of people a lot more into this sport.
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“He’s done so many positives so Julien is allowed his opinion in what he says but the tour has always been like that and it won’t change. Federer deserves it – he’s earned his right.”
Bennetaeu went as far as to say that Australian Open chief Craig Tiley had received payments from Federer through the 37-year-old’s agent Tony Godsick.
Rusedski, though, isn’t having any of it.
“I don’t think it gets him scheduling benefits for doing that,” he added.
“Roger’s created the Laver Cup which is basically the Ryder Cup in tennis, bringing it to big cities around the world that don’t have big tennis events. I think it’s absolutely brilliant.
“And they [Tennis Australia] have got a partnership directly with it. I don’t know how financially it works.”
Rusedski’s a firm believer in Federer’s honour and says that he would ‘rectify’ any discrepancies.
“I’ve known Roger for so long that I can’t imagine that he’s done anything murky and if he has I’m sure he will rectify it,” he said.
“If something is not correct, Federer is an honourable person. If he thinks he needs to rectify that situation or Craig Tiley does, they will if it doesn’t look correct.”