Roger Federer shares reasons behind comeback to clay
Roger Federer commented on the reasons that led him to decide to play on the clay courts again.
The Swiss said: "Well, I mean, No. 1, it starts with you're in the mood or not to do it, because there needs to go extra preparation into the clay court season for me. I'd say even especially this year, because I'm not getting any younger, and because I haven't played many years on the clay now. So I think just the question was, No. 1, do I want to play on clay and do I want to go through that process and what does it create for the rest of the season? So I saw more positives than negatives, you know. The team supported me with that decision. My family, too. So that always needs to be all aligned. Honestly, I think also it helped by not ever having a plan not to play the French Open for three, four years. The goal was always to play every year. And then it just happened what happened with the knee and the back in '16. '17, '18 I just felt for my health maybe it was better not to do it. And all of a sudden these years go by, and, you know, you haven't played. Now I'm very happy I took that decision, because I enjoyed Madrid, I enjoyed Rome. I'm happy to be here. The reception I got today was crazy, was really nice to see a full stadium for a first round like this. It was a beauty. So I'm very, very happy."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2WmVVLF
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