A decade is a long time, especially in professional tennis. Watching a legendary player like Roger Federer evolve and succeed over 10 years would be any tennis fan’s dream. But for one fan, he’ll have a lot to catch up on, as he missed the past 11 years of his idol’s career.

Jesus Aparicio recently awoke from an 11-year coma just in time to see his favorite tennis player, Roger Federer, make the U.S. Open final match. The car crash that put Aparicio in a coma came just as he was reportedly setting money aside to see his idol in person. This was way back in 2004, when Federer was a spry 23-year-old tennis superstar, having claimed three of the four Grand Slam — the major tournaments of tennis: Wimbledon, the French, U.S., and Australian Open — titles that year.

"It came like a flash to my mind and I asked about Roger," Aparicio told Tennisworld USA after speaking to his parents about all he had missed. "I thought he had retired."

Aparicio was understandably confused that Federer was still playing since being over 30 and playing tennis used to be considered a death sentence. "When I knew that, at 34 years, he is still playing and is No. 2 in the world, I thought they were kidding me." Aparicio said. "When I heard that he reached 17 Slam titles, I put my hands on my face."

Aparicio was able to watch Federer lose the U.S. Open final to world number one Novak Djokovic, whom Aparicio had never even heard of, but told ESPN that he hopes to one day soon see Federer live and in person.