Federer first without Mirka at Grand Slam

Roger Federer ends the first week in Paris with another undefeated win in the set: 6: 2, 6: 3, 6: 3 against Argentine Leonardo Mayer. "I'm happy all around. Up to now, everything was going very fast and it's important for me to be leading the quarter-finals, "said 37-year-old World No. 3 after reaching the 54th quarterfinals of the World Cup. overall classification, the 13th at Roland Garros.

"Business as usual" – also in the return after an absence of three years on the sand Parisian. Not quite! Because, for the first time, we do not see any Mirka in the stands in Roger's first leg. No twins applaud. No babysitters and private teachers in the box. "Yes, it's like that," says Roger, "I never thought I was alone in a Grand Slam, so it's a first."

Of course, he is not without Entourage – his parents and his coaches Séverin Lüthi, Ivan Ljubicic and Physio Daniel Troxler are in Paris. But the attachment, according to the agitation and the organization, is without Mirka and the four children of Federer but much smaller.

Whether he likes this new situation or not, he is currently secondary to the sociable family man. He made the same number of trips in the last year, in the last few months. "We were in New York, Chicago, Tokyo, Shanghai. And then it went on like that: end of the season in Dubai, Australia, then Indian Wells and Miami, "said Federer." That's how we decided some time ago that children should stay longer at home. It's better for their pace. But after Wimbledon, they will surely come back. "

Mirka was here in Paris at first, but left. "Maybe she'll come back later, but we do not know it yet.We are taking it every day." Roger does not even look much further ahead: The hurdle with Stan Wawrinka is the next opponent too high The winner of the Grand Slam 20 times will probably make his own breakthrough against his Franco-Swiss friend.