Roger Federer: 'I have not taken ultimate decision on clay yet'

Roger Federer feels happy and satisfied with the pre-season training he has had in December in Dubai. The Swiss player said he practised like he normally does during that part of the year.

'I didn't change my schedule depending on the clay', Federer said. 'I just had a normal buildup. I think it was more about how was the body going to be after vacation. Did it allow me to do all the sessions, work as hard as I wanted to. I was able to do that. I think I was probably even able to work a bit harder than I thought I was going to. I didn't miss any sessions. I think I added on top of it. I came out of it actually strong. Throughout my career, I've been very lucky that in the off-season I never had any setbacks or any real setbacks that took me away from the court another week, and all of a sudden that off-season was no off-season, it was more managing pain or managing a schedule. From that standpoint, no, it was not based on clay in any way. I still haven't taken the ultimate decision on that. What I can say is the off-season was great for me. I think maybe it showed a little bit at the Hopman Cup already. Again, look, I'm playing tomorrow. We'll see how it's going to be here in Melbourne.'

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