Roger Federer playing until his 40s would not be surprising - Hantuchova
The Amazon Prime pundit Daniela Hantuchova, a former world No. 5, praised Roger Federer's Miami Open success. The Slovakian believes Federer will play at least until the 2021 season. "Personally, I think Roger will play until his 40s if he can be injury free and if he still enjoys it as much as he is now. I would not be surprised if Roger is playing until his 40s. The way he is enjoying himself out there. He loves this sport and adores everything about it. Practice, travelling with his family, talking to the media, it just doesn’t take any effort because of how much he loves it", Hantuchova said.
“I think one of the reasons he is playing on clay is because of the Olympics next year. Playing a lot of matches on clay will also help his confidence on grass. For that reason, I think he might enter Rome as well.”
On his great performance against John Isner, Federer said: "I don't know what to tell you. I think I was very clear on how I wanted to play, so I think that helped that I was able to not just have the plan but then being able to execute. It's always two things, having the plan and then it not working. And of course, to win every single point, things need to go your way against him. So there needs to be both sides to the thing because he did have chances obviously to win some points. But apparently also on second serve I hardly dropped any points. I just can be very happy on either end, return and serve, and that's why I'm so happy that I was able to produce a performance like this in a final because this is what you train for and play for that constantly your level keeps going up as the tournament progresses. And this was my best. I'm very excited."
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