Roger Federer expects great things from returning Djokovic, Murray
Roger Federer expects great things from the likes of Novak Djokovic, Stan Wawrinka and Andy Murray when they return from long injury layoffs at the start of next season.
Swiss maestro Federer took the second half of 2016 off to fully recover from a knee and back injuries and returned with a vengeance to win the Australian Open and Wimbledon – taking his grand slam total to 19.
Rafael Nadal also made an astonishing comeback from an injury-plagued 2016 to win the French and U.S. Open titles. Federer’s staggering year ended in subdued fashion on Saturday when the 36-year-old’s hopes of a seventh ATP Finals title were ended by David Goffin in the semi-finals, with the legend succumbing 2-6 6-3 6-4 at the O2 Arena.
Yet he is already looking forward with relish to when multiple major winners Djokovic, fellow Swiss Wawrinka and Britain’s Murray are expected to be back in action. “You’ve always got to expect a slow process. Then if it goes fast, that’s great,” world number two Federer told reporters after losing to Goffin for only his fifth defeat of a year in which he won seven titles.
“You take time off, you come back, you’re good again. That’s not how …read more
