Coach reveals how many clay-court tournaments Roger Federer will play
After every loss and in general over the recent times, fans and media often speak about Roger Federer's future retirement from tennis. In an interview to Le Matin, Severin Luthi, who has been Federer's main coach since 2008, commented: 'Yeah, I know. There is too much speculation around him. He always chose not to pay too much attention about it, not even answering all these rumours. He doesn't think about it daily and I do not think he decided something now so far. There are only some truths for now: the desire to play on clay; the certainty that he did not want to take a break between the hard and grass-court season; even if everything is different on clay, it can help for the future. He will play one clay-court tournament on clay before the French Open.'
Luthi also confirmed Federer has no retirement plans set: 'He is 37 years old, it's normal that he does not give guarantees for three or five years. What I can say is that if he decided to stop at the end of the year, he would have done a different fitness preparation with Pierre Paganini, because he did not need to focus on the future. But it did not change anything on the usual schedule. It does not mean that he will necessarily play in 2020, but this is how it looks now.'
Federer is currently enjoying some winter vacation in Switzerland, he will compete again at the Dubai Duty-Free Tennis Championship in less than a month.
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