{"id":18195,"date":"2016-12-30T09:09:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T09:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=18195"},"modified":"2016-12-31T04:47:31","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T04:47:31","slug":"roger-federer-says-hopes-play-2-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/tennis\/roger-federer-says-hopes-play-2-3-years.html","title":{"rendered":"Roger Federer says he hopes to play for 2 or 3 more years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Roger Federer says he hopes to play for 2 or 3 more years<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Roger Federer says he hopes to play for 2 or 3 more years:-Roger Federer says he hopes to play for at least another three or four years and that his “mind-set is for the long-term” in assessing his tennis future.<\/span><\/p>\n

Federer, who has not played since re-injuring his surgically repaired left knee at Wimbledon in July, will make his tournament return in the Jan. 1-7 Hopman Cup team event at Perth, representing Switzerland with Belinda Bencic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 35-year-old Federer said Friday he’s not sure of the form he’ll produce upon his return, but that retirement isn’t part of his thought process.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Only when I get asked do I think of things like this,” said Federer, who has 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any male player.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I don’t see it like this, that this could be my last Australian trip, even though it might very well be,” he added. “I’m really positive. I took these six months off so I would be playing for hopefully another two to three years, not just another six months or so. So my mindset is for the long-term.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Federer hasn’t won a Grand Slam singles title since Wimbledon in 2012, and with his injury, has slipped to No. 16 in the world rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Winning titles is a beautiful feeling, rankings at the moments … completely secondary,” Federer said Friday. “As long as I’m healthy and injury free I think I can really do some damage.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Federer and Bencic begin play against Britain, represented by Heather Wilson and Dan Evans, on Monday night at Perth Arena.<\/span><\/p>\n

Defending champions Australia, represented by Daria Gavrilova and Nick Kyrgios, begin play Sunday night against Spain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Americans Coco Vandeweghe and Jack Sock take on Czech Republic’s Lucie Hradecka and Adam Pavlasek earlier Sunday in the men’s singles, women’s singles and mixed doubles format.<\/span><\/p>\n

source:-http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/tennis\/2016\/12\/30\/roger-federer-says-he-hopes-to-play-for-2-or-3-more-years\/95990980\/<\/span><\/div>\n

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