The 39-year-old Federer, who was speaking on a podcast interview with Courts Mag, underwent two knee surgeries this year - one in February and one in June. He is slated to return to the tour in January, presumably at the Australian Open.
This is the second time in the last five years that Roger Federer will be returning after a lengthy layoff. In 2017 he returned from a six-month break, also due to a knee injury, and won his first event back - the Australian Open.
Having been at the top of the game for over two decades, Roger Federer has played a number of matches carrying some sort of injury or ache. When injured, the Swiss adopts a mindset that his opponent would in all probability also be carrying some niggle.
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Some believe that Roger Federer will find it difficult to win seven best-of-five set matches at a Grand Slam when he is back next year, given his age and the time that he has been away from the court. During the interview, Federer spoke about the challenges of coming back from a five-set match, which he admitted gets tougher with age.
The Swiss also asserted that you need to be cautious while playing with an injury, especially at the Grand Slams, as it tends to get worse over successive matches.
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