'Roger Federer should have played a very tough tournament with...', says former star

Before the pandemic, Swiss champion Roger Federer was used to traveling around the world with his inseparable wife Mirka and with the two pairs of twins who are now six and eleven years old respectively, as well as a large support staff. With the advent of the pandemic linked to the Coronavirus, there are restrictions that involve the presence of only two travel companions for the Swiss champion. In addition to this the entire 'Clan Federer' should be subjected to two weeks of quarantine, upon his arrival abroad and in which he can only go out for five hours a day, always following a rather strict regulation. In addition to all these problems there is also the real risk of not being able to choose your own accommodation but having to adapt to what the tournament organizers decide. This situation as well as the physical problems obviously led Roger to postpone his return to the field. For the Swiss, the situation could still recur but everyone, Roger first of all, hopes that the Covid problem will be solved in view of the next tournaments. Federer will try to make a virtue of this stop and take advantage to improve his physical condition. At the moment it is impracticable to establish recovery times and return to a tennis court but there should be no problems at all regarding Roger's presence at Wimbledon for next June and at the Tokyo Olympics, the two main goals of the champion's season.

Federer reportedly in good physical shape

According to one well-placed source Roger Federer is in good physical shape, but an additional deterrent to travelling are the Covid measures being imposed, the report says. The claims also correspond to the views of Federer’s former Davis Cup teammate Marc Rosset. “Roger Federer never divides family life and tennis,” Rosset told Radio Tele Suisse earlier this month. “It is a whole. He will not choose one or the other. He would [have to] play a very tough tournament, with an uncertain form, without the thrill of those emotions that only the public can give, and all without the family at his side. Frankly, when you see the constraints imposed on the players, the fact that there shouldn’t be many spectators, and your conditions aren’t yet optimal, you wonder if it is worth taking the risks by going there. At 39, he may have something else to do than go to Melbourne in such conditions in two months, maybe stay at home and prepare even better.”

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