"I won't play 20 tournaments a year like I used to" - Federer on schedule after his comeback

| by Kadir Macar

Roger Federer is set to make his comeback at the 2022 Laver Cup and the 2022 Swiss Indoors in Basel later this year after not playing for more than a year.

In a recent interview with Swiss weekly Coopzeitung, Roger Federer spoke about how his life changes over the time as it's much more difficult to stay in shape in his forties than before when he was regularly winning Grand Slam titles. This year, the Swiss Maestro will miss Wimbledon for the first time in his career but fans will still have the delight of seeing him, as he said:

"I knew [my knee surgery and recovery] would be a long process but the operation was necessary, I couldn't have played like this after Wimbledon. Now I hope to be able to get back into the Laver Cup in September," Roger Federer said.

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"When I recover, I'll go skiing, of course. Maybe I'll go golfing again, that wasn't possible in the last few years. Not now with my knee anyway, and as is well known, I used to suffer from back problems."

"Once I went to a round of golf with my mother for her 60th birthday and I really wanted to play along. After that, I suffered from back pain for a week. So I let it go from there. If I start golfing, I won't do it alone, but together with Mirka," said Roger Federer.

"[Whether my family will travel with me again for tennis tournaments] is a problem that I would really like to have. Because that would mean that everything is going well with the knee and the comeback."

"The advantage is that I won't play 20 tournaments a year like I used to. My program will be manageable, and that's why I'll say: sometimes they'll be there, sometimes they won't."

Roger Federer to miss Wimbledon for the first time in his career
Roger Federer to miss Wimbledon for the first time in his career

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