Roger Federer spoke about what his mindset will be heading into the Madrid Open. The Swiss triumphed in the tournament on all the three surfaces it was played in: hard in 2006, red clay in 2009 and blue clay in 2012. "It always helps having won in a place where you are coming back to, how to do it even though you cannot just press and repeat button and just do it all over again, it's a lot of work especially this week", said the Basel native. "Tough draw, number one number two, I have not played on clay for so long so expectations are extremely low and I am not saying that to put pressure on others. I just do not know where I am and if I can win in the first round already and that's already nice and it gives me the infos I need for now and I just hope I do not lose terrible in the first round, that's my fear."
Asked about the reasons why he has chosen to play in Madrid, Federer replied: "Altitude is always a very interesting place to play tennis and the ball bounces a lot, it's very lively, that can be good and bad because if you find your rhythm quick and you can just dominate out a player then it's all good. If you are on the other side, it's complicated to turn the tide, so from that standpoint it was not based on Madrid being a faster court than the others. It would just happen that the week was a better one to comeback."
We have not spoken about the situation, that has not happened yet. You cannot constantly talk, both of us have a lot to do. At the moment there is not much to speak about. I spoke with other Player's Council members on Friday and so I do not need to speak with Novak. Now everything is okay and correct. It's about looking to the future of tennis. There are a lot of question marks. But there is no rush to speak."
from Tennis World USA http://bit.ly/2VQMZhc
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