20 minutes – why Federer is already thinking of 2019

What to do with the summer started? This question could be asked of Roger Federer after the end of his stay at Wimbledon several days earlier than planned. Against South Africa's Kevin Anderson, he lost his 10th loss in his 53rd Grand Slam quarter-final, eliminating the semi-finals of his favorite tournament for the first time in five years.

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Rafael Nadal opens this golden opportunity. If the Majorcan, who had defeated Del Potro in five sets and who now faces Djokovic, would win his third victory at Wimbledon on Sunday after 2008/10 Sunday, Federer would already be 3500 points behind the Spanish in the world rankings; a backlog that would be difficult to catch up this year. And with that, Nadal, with 18 major titles in his list of the most frequent Grand Slam winners, threatened him again to threaten him closely.

"Analyze does not bring much"

For the 20-time majorchampion all the more so that he had already played a 2: 0 lead and a match ball. "Analyzing this game does not do much," he said. "Games against big servers are always treacherous, because you're never sure, even if you just match the balls. A single point can make all the difference and three hours later you sit there and declare a defeat. He would have missed extraordinary blows, special returns. And in the end, he overcame the first serve too much, instead of hitting it more precisely and smarter, avoiding the chances of Anderson attacking his second balls, "because he is good at that. " It's very disappointing "

The plan is to take a break for a few days, but then start training to be in good shape for the tough North American season, First with fitness coach Pierre Paganini. "I think I will tackle something else quickly." Not coping with the disappointment could also help her return to Switzerland with her family and make friends there, speculated Federer. "I am very disappointed, but you do not have to worry about it.I have enough experience to know that there are such games in life that can slide in." between your fingers like sand, it's the tough guys that hurt particularly badly. "

It is not known whether his return to the tour will be in August in Toronto (from August 6) or only a week later to Cincinnati He usually plays only a hardtour tournament between Wimbledon and the US Open, which begins August 27. When he tried to play in Cincinnati and Montreal last year, he was injured in Canada , where he lost the final against Alexander Zverev, and his back was beaten for weeks.

Will Federer return to the sand in 2019? However, he wandered farther forward, in the middle. summer of 2019. Asked if he had played too much on the turf this year with Stuttgart, Halle and Wimbledon, he said: "No, I felt wonderful on the ground rain, moved well, felt me ​​sparkling. The training on conditions has paid off. But I do not know if I plan next summer like this year. I do not even know what's going on with the sand season. The only thing I know is that I will play Halle again. "