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Roger Federer has arrived in London and started to train for the next week’s ATP World Tour Finals 2019, where the Swiss maestro is aiming to win a record seventh title at the end of the year event and the fifth title of the 2019 season.

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The 20-time Grand slam champion had some fun time during his practice at the ATP World Tour Finals 2019. The Swiss maestro was captured in a video at the Queen’s Club today where he was going through his repertory with his coaches Ivan Ljubicic and Severin Luthi observing him.

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Federer passed on the ball towards Ljubicic after a rally while practicing when Ivan kicked the ball back perfectly to the 38-year-old and then the trio of Federer, Luthi, and Ljubicic juggled the ball in between them, leaving smiles all around.

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The Basel native decided to take the week off during the Rolex Paris Masters 2019 after winning the Swiss Indoors to rest for the Nitto ATP Finals 2019.

Federer, who has not won the ATP Finals title since 2011 will get his campaign underway against Dominic Thiem on Sunday evening.

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The ATP World Tour Finals 2019 is scheduled to kick off from 10th November and will conclude on 17th November 2019 at the O2 Arena in London.

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Roger Federer is drawn in the same group with the defending runner-up Novak Djokovic at the ATP World Tour Finals 2019. The two goliaths of the sport are put with Dominic Thiem and Matteo Berrettini in the Bjorn Borg group.

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While the number one seed Rafael Nadal leads the Andre Agassi group which also includes the next-generation stars, Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and the defending champion Alexander Zverev.

This is the first time in the history of ATP Finals when all the eight participants of the final event of the season are Europeans.

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