Ivan Ljubicic after Federer's visit: "He's incredible"
Ivan Ljubicic is enthusiastic about the condition of his protégé Roger Federer .
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Dec 10, 2020, 06:09 pm
Back training for day X - a very special challenge for tennis players. There is usually a big red cross on the calendar when things get really serious again. And when really right.
The current cross is probably quite large for most players, and partly moved from January to February. The Australian Open should start on February 8, 2021, as of today, a start on February 15 is also possible. And, depending on the development of the world situation, a completely different scenario comes up.
Roger Federer had basically set himself an X for the year 2021, he had already declared his 2020 season over in the summer after his operated knee was still causing problems and another operation had been necessary. The current status from Switzerland? If you listen to Federer's environment around Severin Lüthi and Co.: very good.
Ljubicic: Federer wants to go back to the old level
Ivan Ljubicic also confirms this . The Croat knows his protégé's time off, he joined the Federer team in 2016 and witnessed Federer's knee surgery, the first attempts at comeback and the early end of the year in July 2016. And the sensational comeback in 2017. In other words: the 41-year-old is a Federer connoisseur. And yet always amazed at his protégé.
"Roger works very hard and is motivated to fight for the big titles in the coming season," said Ljubicic according to ubitennis.com . "Roger and I did our best in the past eight months. I was in Switzerland, we trained on the pitch. Roger is very motivated, he's incredible." He continued: "A lot of people wonder why he's still playing, they have a hard time understanding that he still enjoys the game and wants to win important games. He wants to be competitive and get back to the level he was before the injury. "
When exactly Federer will return to tournament tennis is of course not in his hands. Day X is still unknown, but one can assume that Federer will be ready.