ATP: Roger Federer: Part-time tennis as a secret of success

At the age of 36, Roger Federer puts more time into quality instead of quantity – and has simply switched to part-time work.

It was a mixture of joy over victory, fun at the game – and probably also confirmation of a healthy preparation for 2018. Roger Federer’s on-court interview after the match against Alexander Zverev at the final of the Hopman Cup in Perth had it all. Maybe the Swiss player was in a good mood, because he had managed a rather unusual match ending, with a stop that you don’t see every day.

Federer’s “new” aggressiveness could also be admired again against Zverev, and the logical explanation came directly:”I can’t continue to play rallies five metres behind the baseline for ever longer,”Federer said afterwards, saying:”I could do it, but the others would be better.”.

The Swiss citizen once again gave interesting insights into the difference between a youngster – and his current approach at the age of 36 years – “If you are younger, of course, you have to invest many hours. To be able to tell you’ Okay, I can stand on the court for four hours and train for ten days’, he said,’ You have to prove that you can do it. In my opinion, this is more of a mental thing:” Of course your own game needs a lot of tennis and fitness, also to avoid injuries.

“But as you get older, it’s more about quality than quantity. He works in the morning and then has the rest of the day off – or vice versa, Federer continued to joke. Laying down on the lazy skin, however, is not possible for the tennis part-time worker, because he has other obligations that he likes to accept,”It’s good to be a father. It’s good to be a husband. It’s good to be a tennis player,”concluded Federer.”So I’ve got the best of all worlds.”