(Reuters) – Roger Federer mentioned he will know by April or May whether or not he can return to motion following a 3rd knee surgical procedure that compelled him to overlook the second half of final season.
The 40-year-old former world primary, who additionally underwent two knee operations in 2020, has not performed since being knocked out of final yr’s Wimbledon quarter-finals.
“I feel a really attention-grabbing and vital subsequent kind of months forward of me,” the 20-times Grand Slam champion advised one in every of his sponsors, Credit Suisse, in an interview on Wednesday.
“Until now I wasn’t actually allowed to run but and do the heavy workload with jumps … so I hope that that is all going to start out hopefully in a few weeks after which we’ll see how the physique will react to that.”
Despite the uncertainty round his future, Federer mentioned he nonetheless had the starvation to succeed.
“I feel this query is better answered possibly by April- May however for now in fact the drive is there, I’m actually motivated to do my work when I’m allowed to do … it is nonetheless good instances despite the fact that it is a little bit bit gradual.”
Federer additionally praised his nice rival Rafa Nadal, who moved previous him and Novak Djokovic on the all-time Grand Slam checklist with a report twenty first main win https://www.reuters.com/way of life/sports activities/nadal-beats-medvedev-win-australian-open-title-2022-01-30 on the Australian Open.
“It was good to see his feelings after such a hard-fought victory,” Federer mentioned of the 35-year-old Spaniard.
“Rafa advised me that he hadn’t been feeling effectively together with his physique — now he is holding up the Australian Open trophy. He’s a terrific instance, a terrific position mannequin.”
(Reporting by Dhruv Munjal in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
