Roger Federer gave a promising injury update ahead of his proposed return to next year’s Australian Open The Swiss have been out of action since losing in the semi-finals of the ‘Australian Open last year against Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will no doubt be intrigued to learn that Roger Federer is on the mend
Having missed almost all of this badly affected season with a knee injury, it looks like the 39-year-old is set to return
But the all-time great gave another update on his return to competition, revealing he does limited racquet training and is in good shape
« I will only participate in tournaments when I am 100% fit. It looks like I can make my return to the Australian Open in January right now
« I can’t train for more than two hours with the racket at the moment, but I’ve been working on my endurance and strength painlessly for a while. There will be no more surgeries »
Federer’s coach Severin Luthi previously said he was considering a return to Melbourne next year
« Roger is doing great Very well, but that’s not surprising when you know his way of always seeing the positive side of things, » Luthi said in July
« He is doing his physio He has started to work again on the physical level The next step will be the resumption of the racket training in mid-August »
« We stand by what has been decided: Roger will return for the 2021 Australian Open if it takes place However, there are plans to play a tournament just before Melbourne »
The Roland-Garros semi-finals kick off on Friday, Djokovic takes on Stefanos Tsitsipas, while Rafael Nadal takes on Diego Schwartzman in a rematch of the Italian Open semi-final last month
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