"My calves are killing me, just getting back into it" - Federer starts preparations for 2020 Season

Players had a little bit of time during the off-season to rest and regenerate for the 2020 Season. Federer spent some of the time in South America playing exhibition matches with Alexander Zverev. But then, Roger enjoyed his well-deserved rest. He said:

“Just started training. I’m surprised I could walk the stairs as good as I have. My calves are, like, killing me. Just getting back into it. The shock on the body is, I don’t want to say ‘immense,’ every time, but I’ve been on vacation for two weeks. The shock just hits you hard.”

The Swiss is 38-years-old and so many speak about his possible retirement. But Roger has an idea of how it should look like. He does not need to win any big tournament and the end and end his career then. He says people think more about what you achieved during your career not how you ended it.

“I don’t think the exit needs to be that perfect, that you have to win something huge ... and you go, ‘OK. I did it all.’ It can be completed a different way, as long as you enjoy it and that’s what matters to you,” Federer says. “People, I don’t think, anyway, remember what were the last matches of a John McEnroe, what were the last matches of a Stefan Edberg. Nobody knows.

"They remember that they won Wimbledon, that they won this and that, they were world No. 1. I don’t think the end, per se, is that important. I mean, I don’t think about it much, to be honest. It’s a bit different (now) that I know I’m at the back end of my career. But I feel like I’ve been toward ‘the back end of my career’ for a long, long time.”

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