(Reuters) – Roger Federer mentioned he’ll know by April or Could whether or not he can return to motion following a 3rd knee surgical procedure that compelled him to overlook the second half of final season.
The 40-year-old former world primary, who additionally underwent two knee operations in 2020, has not performed since being knocked out of final yr’s Wimbledon quarter-finals.
“I believe a really fascinating and vital subsequent kind of months forward of me,” the 20-times Grand Slam champion instructed considered one of his sponsors, Credit score Suisse, in an interview on Wednesday.
“Till now I wasn’t actually allowed to run but and do the heavy workload with jumps … so I hope that that’s all going to start out hopefully in a few weeks after which we’ll see how the physique will react to that.”
Regardless of the uncertainty round his future, Federer mentioned he nonetheless had the starvation to succeed.
“I believe this query is best answered perhaps by April- Could however for now after all the drive is there, I’m actually motivated to do my work after I’m allowed to do … it’s nonetheless good instances though it’s somewhat bit sluggish.”
Federer additionally praised his nice rival Rafa Nadal, who moved previous him and Novak Djokovic on the all-time Grand Slam checklist with a file twenty first main win https://www.reuters.com/way of life/sports activities/nadal-beats-medvedev-win-australian-open-title-2022-01-30 on the Australian Open.
“It was good to see his feelings after such a hard-fought victory,” Federer mentioned of the 35-year-old Spaniard.
“Rafa instructed me that he hadn’t been feeling properly together with his physique — now he’s holding up the Australian Open trophy. He’s an awesome instance, an awesome position mannequin.”
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Modifying by Peter Rutherford)
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