Roger Federer recalls when people thought he may be done
In an interview to Nos, Roger Federer recalled his 2013 season where he did not win any title and dealt with a back injury. Many people thought that the Swiss was finished. "You lose once, twice in the first round of a tournament and you say: Is it now? I did not get tired of it but I just found these quick news on the social media, in the press, people debated about, I found that a little bit extreme but Hey, it's just part of the business. You can't just have people saying, Everything is great, everything is wonderful, he is playing a great tennis. I worked very hard, I got my back back in shape, 2013 was a tough year but I knew that if I felt good again, my back would comeback, my confidence would comeback, my mind would be focusing on tennis and not on my back, I could concentrate again on tactics, scheduling and what I wanted to achieve. That's when my game would comeback faster and I was happy with how my team worked together, how confident and supportive my team was, my racket change", said the world No. 5.
Federer also recalled his 1999 Rotterdam appearance where he lost to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the quarter-finals: "The weeks leading into Rotterdam may have showed that it was really, really possible because I got a wild card into Marseille as well, into the main draw, beat Carlos Moya who is No. 1 seed and No. 4 in the world and a few weeks later he would become world No. 1. I had made the quarters there too, I had also made the semis of a Challenger, I felt I could play against the big players especially beating someone like Moya in an ATP event. You feel like if you can beat him you can beat so many other players as well. I had a lot of confidence and indoors it was a great ground for me."
from Tennis World USA https://ift.tt/2Hz8PPt
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