Roger Federer Opens Up on His Relationship With Fitness Coach

World Number three, Roger Federer and this fitness coach, Pierre Paganini have a long term relationship. The Swiss has trained under Paganini since the age of 13. Paganini plays a crucial role in Federer’s career and he classifies Roger Federer as ‘an artist with his unbelievable creativity’.

The Swiss maestro had changes in his team over the past few years, but his fitness coach has always remained the same and he is grateful to seek his guidance all these years. “I guess the thing for me which is maybe different than for others is that I have had the same fitness coach for so long that we don’t do any more tests or — I don’t know what,” Roger Federer said.

“Like how they do in soccer, preseason, and they check you out and all that stuff. We just shake hands and go, Nice to see you. What’s the plan? He tells me what the situation is, what we’re gonna work on, and that’s it,” he added.

He later spoke about his relationship with his fitness coach and how both of them work together. “It’s all about managing the schedule, managing, you know, the energy and making sure, depending on how much longer I want to play, that we adapt my schedule to that. But in all honesty, I haven’t gone into scientific things by any stretch, you know, in my career,” Roger Federer mentioned. 

The Swiss legend has arrived in Cincinnati for Western & Southern Open 2019. He might open against  Matteo Berrettini and then followed by Wawrinka or Basilashvili in the next round. He might face Stefanos Tsitsipas in the quarters and follow by Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.

Last year in Cincinnati, Federer lost his final match to Djokovic who went on to achieve the ‘Big Title Sweep’ crown.