Roger Federer Speaks Out On Clay Court Approach For 2019

Published 03/31/2019, 6:11 PM EDT

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Mastery is his art and tennis is the canvas for Roger Federer who recently completed two illustrious decades underneath the Florida sun. He lifted up his fourth prestige in Miami after taking out the defending champion, John Isner straight sets in the finals on his home soil the United States.

Roger Federer took 64 minutes to turned down the American skyscraper and maintained a 100% winning percentage on his first service. Besides that, the 37-year-old picked up 32 of 35 points with his serve against the biggest servers of the ATP fraternity.

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Moving to his next stop after the hardcourt terminus, Roger Federer is excited to play in the clay court 2019 season after three long years. “I think what this win does for me, it just takes even more pressure off from the clay court season,” he communicated. “And I anyway wanted to play the clay is not a relaxed fashion but let’s just go and do it and prepare well”.

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“I’m taking baby steps,” Roger Federer added on his perceptions on clay 2019 season. “I didn’t play one point, not one shot on clay, I don’t believe, last year. 2 years ago I played 2 days. 3 years ago I played not feeling great in Monaco, Rome… So it’s been so little that I really don’t know what to expect”.

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Roger Federer will be seen in action for the Madrid Masters in the month of May this year. Previously he played there in the year 2015 and lost to Nick Kygrios in a three-set opening round match.

After his one-hundredth eminence from the Emirati event in Dubai, Roger Federer without taking a break took a flight for the ‘Double Sunshine’ and landed almost six days before his first-round match in California. After more 35 days of rigorous tennis and reaching the finals at all three events the ATP’s ace with 28th Masters titles desires to take some time off from tennis.

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“Already just how I’ve been playing here and moving here makes me believe just going on vacation now, a bit of a break, and then preparation, you know, the things physically should be fine, but again, we’ll see how the body is going to react,” Roger Federer added.

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The Swiss maestro is contented with his gameplay and movements in Miami finals. Roger Federer believes he played some of his best tennis in the Miami Heat. “Just can be very happy on either end, return/serve, & that’s why I’m so happy that I was able to produce a performance like this in finals, this is what you train for & play for that constantly your level keeps going up as the tournament progresses. And this was my best,” Roger Federer mentioned.

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