Roger Federer, who turned 40 last August, is considering a return to the courts in the summer of 2022, probably not for the Wimbledon tournament but for the tournament campaign in North America with the US Open online. target.
The Swiss hope to get rid of his right knee problems to "
go see one last time what I'm capable of as a professional tennis player
".
I hope to continue playing, maybe also in the future as a TV commentator.
Roger Federer
These medium-term goals do not prevent the former world number 1 from thinking about retirement.
A post-career that the Balois can not imagine far from the world of the little yellow ball.
Asked about the subject at
Sky Italia
, Federer spoke of the possibility of meeting in a commentator's booth.
“
I hope to continue playing, maybe also in the future as a TV commentator.
Why not ?
Even at Sky Italia, like Ljubicic whom I see live now,
”slipped the player.
A good teacher with Ivan Ljubicic
With his Croatian coach intervening in front of the cameras, the Swiss therefore has an excellent mentor to train him: “
I think we should talk about it in private, but as a coach he is excellent.
I don't know how he speaks Italian, I'm told he does it very well, but I'm sure his Italian is better than my French.
He has a lot of stories to tell, he's very direct with me when he coaches me and I'm sure it's the same on TV.
"