The Swiss champion, who has been out for 11 months, is planning his big comeback with the Laver Cup in September and would then play again next year. And on Nadal he says: “Hats off”
Withdraw? But even no. Roger Federer returns to speak and does so by giving good news for his millions of fans around the world: in 2023 he will still be there. He does not know where and when he will take the field, but the Swiss has no intention of saying enough and he is trying to return in the best possible way. “My idea is this – says the Swiss champion to SRF Sport microphones – I am curious to see where I am but I look at all this with confidence. The next three or four months will be fundamental to understand and define my future. good feelings for what will happen and how things are going “. The former world number 1, speaking of the future, defines the closest objectives for 2022: “I will play the Laver Cup (scheduled for the end of September) and then Basel (the home tournament, from 22 to 30 October) , after the season will be over and I will therefore have time to get back in shape to better prepare for next season. This is my aim, but I know I have to be patient. We knew from the beginning it would be long. – says Federer – . I’m still very active. I go to the gym five or six times a week, I’m getting into shape little by little, but as I said everything is going very slowly, but we knew it. I play very little tennis, mostly with my children. ” .
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The 40-year-old Swiss has been away from the circuit for about eleven months, or the knockout in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in 2021, against Hubert Hurkacz, and underwent knee surgery last August. In the interview, obviously, a question about Rafael Nadal and the incredible feat accomplished at Roland Garros could not be missing “I didn’t see the final, I watched the quarter-finals a bit before going to sleep. It is incredible what Rafa achieved “Pete Sampras’ record, which I beat, was 14 Grand Slams. Now Rafa has won Roland Garros 14 times. It’s unbelievable. I’m happy he did it again, of his 22 Grand Slams. Hats off to Rafa.” After the tenth, eleventh time, I thought, ‘It can’t be’, but keep raising the bar, it’s really incredible. “
June 11 – 10:24 pm
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