8 hours agoFederer won't play at Australian Open
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Roger Federer will not play the Australian Open in January, according to all odds, as knee injury recovery is still under way. Despite this absence, the Swiss plans to continue his career, at least according to his coach's words. The 40-year-old Swiss has not played tennis since losing in the quarterfinals. [...]
Despite this absence, the Swiss plans to continue his career, at least according to his coach's words.
The 40-year-old Swiss has not played tennis since the quarterfinals loss of Wimbledon in July and after several other knee operations, but this has not lost its motive, Perscope notes.
“I think the Australian Open is not a real possibility now”, said Ljubic questioned whether Federer will participate in the first share of the calendar year.
“I think there is little possibility, because he is still recovering and recognizing him, he wants to make sure he can play to win the tournament and be 100 percent ready”, he added.
The Croatian coach, former number three of the world like tennis, insisted that Federer S'e is still planning to retire.
I've been talking to him and I can assure you that he wants to return to tennis field”, he underlined.
When he decides to end, he will retire, but I don't think it will happen suddenly”, Ljubic stressed. /Periscopi/
