Roger Federer has had ‘enough breaks’ and is ready to play a full schedule for the rest of the 2017 season. Speaking to the ATP ahead of this week’s tournament in Stuttgart, Federer reiterated his desire to play more matches after missing the entire clay court season.
“Theres no more breaks now – I’ve had enough breaks,” Federer told the ATP. “I’m a practice world champion now and that’s not who I want to be. I want to be a champ on the match courts so I’m going to be playing a regular schedule for the rest of the season. This is what it’s about now: playing matches.”
Following a stellar start to the season that included winning titles at the Australian Open, Indian Wells and Miami, Federer made the decision to skip the clay court swing.
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However, with the Tour moving back onto one of his favoured surfaces (grass), the current world No.5 is now committed to working his way back towards the world No.1 spot: “It’s been a good start to the season. For me it’s about getting back to winning ways – where I left off in Miami.”
During the interview Federer also took time to reflect on both his and Rafa’s achievements in the first half of this season:
“I was terribly surprised to win the Australian Open and then to back it up and win the Sunshine Double at Indian Wells and Miami was a complete surprise to me. Rafa winning the French Open was less of a surprise; he’s done it nine times before now – now ten – which is just absolutely gigantic. It’s incredible.”
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