“My Calves Are Killing Me” – Roger Federer

After concluding his triumphant exhibition tour in Latin America followed by two-weeks of vacations, World Number three Roger Federer has resumed his training sessions in Dubai, UAE. Certainly, it’s difficult for the body to adapt to the on-court practices. The Swiss maestro Federer mentioned ‘the shock just hits you hard’ after stepping on to practice courts to prepare for 2020 season.

“Just started training. I’m surprised I could walk the stairs as good as I have,” Federer smirked. “My calves are, like, killing me. Just getting back into it. The shock on the body is, I don’t want to say ‘immense,’ every time, but I’ve been on vacation for two weeks. The shock just hits you hard.”

38-year-old tennis player Roger Federer was asked about who will an ‘ideal farewell’ of his thriving career look like. He stated that the end need not be necessarily ‘perfect.’ He referred to the last matches for McEnroe and Edberg and mentioned that they are not revered as much as their epic battles. Hence the final match of his career is not that crucial as the rest of his encounters on the professional tour.

“I don’t think the exit needs to be that perfect, that you have to win something huge and you go, ‘OK. I did it all.’ It can be completed a different way, as long as you enjoy it and that’s what matters to you,” Federer said.

“People, I don’t think, anyway, remember what were the last matches of a John McEnroe, what were the last matches of a Stefan Edberg. Nobody knows. They remember that they won Wimbledon, that they won this and that, they were world number one. I don’t think the end, per se, is that important.”

Up next Roger Federer will be flying Melbourne, Australia on January 9, which is exactly a week before the Australian Open 2020’s draw ceremony. Before that, he will be going to China for an exhibition event in Hangzhou from December 27-29, 2019.