[Rogi] Miami Final Press Conference
Roger Federer Miami Final Press Conference:
Q. Congratulations. Rog, first of all, talk about it's been 10 years since
you won this and your magical run. As a part two, what was the difference
today? I'm guessing your serve and that inside out forehand was pretty
amazing.
FEDERER: Yeah, look, I think it was a close match. Maybe if you didn't see
the match and you were sitting somewhere around the world and you see the
score you're like, Okay, sort of maybe just straightforward and couple breaks
and that was it.
That's not the full story. I thought he had his chances in the first and in
the second. It was close. I think on the big points today I was just a little
bit better. Why, I have no explanation. I just think it fell that way today.
It was more of a fight mode I was in today just trying to stay afloat.
Physically, emotionally it's been a draining week, so I did very well. It was
a special match and it was great to play against Rafa again.
Q. What were your expectations coming into this year after the long injury
break? How are you feeling now?
FEDERER: I can't explain. I told Severin, when I was warming up if I would
you've just played the Miami finals, no Indian Wells, no Australian Open, we
would still be very happy right now.
But I have way more, so that's why I was trying to remind myself just to play
without pressure. Just do it one more time and go out there and be brave on
the big points, you know. I think I was able to do that.
Now I can take a break, because the body needs a break, the mind needs a
break, the family needs me again. I want to be there. Yeah, looking forward
to that now.
Q. The last months you've been pushed and pushed, and obviously your results
are a given. Mentally how have you prepared and what have you learned from
yourself in these last couple of months or in 2017?
FEDERER: Yeah, that I think that the way I'm playing right now is the right
way for me moving forward as well. Of course I'll always re-calibrate every
tournament I go to depending on the speed of the ball, the speed of the
courts, who I play, because I do have options.
I'm happy that I was able to stay on the offensive more or less throughout
this swing here, Indian Wells and Miami. I think once you win a big
tournament like the Australian Open, or any big tournament for that matter,
you can just bank usually on some confidence, you know.
That confidence gets you through a lot of the tough matches that nobody ever
speaks about again. You know, let's make it the quarterfinals here against
Berdych. End up winning that somehow. Nobody talks about it. They only will
talk about the Nadal finals and the rest we know.
I think I am definitely profiting from confidence, and then also from the
right mindset, able to compress all my energy into one single match and not
be distracted by everything else going on around me. So I think it's been a
challenging four weeks because, yeah, you have to be focused for a long time.
I was able to do that and I'm very happy.
Q. You guys have played 37 times, but when you go out there the 37th time
against Rafa, is it still as special, as exciting? How do the feeling change
over the years, or is it the same? Every time you face him does it feel like
it's something special?
FEDERER: No, it's like when you go to work. You don't feel the same every
day. Doesn't matter if Rafa is in the office or not. Just some days you feel
flatter than others. Doesn't matter, though. You might still put in a great
performance.
But you just can't get up the same way emotionally every single time. In the
beginning, look, he was a young player coming up. It was different back then.
I think then any Grand Slam final or Masters 1000 final you play against each
other, the World Tour Finals, that's when the pulse gets going just naturally
because there is a lot at stake. Might be ranking at stake, points at stake,
a rivalry at stake at this point.
But then I don't know how much it's got to do with Rafa itself or the
occasion of being in a finals. So then you have the combination's always the
best.
Yeah, and then sometimes when you're feeling good, like in Indian Wells, all
of a sudden you're more pumped just because you're feeling good and you're
like, Okay, that's a great time to play Rafa; whereas at other times you know
your game is terrible, you're not feeling it, and now it's against Rafa.
You're like, Okay, it's probably going to be terrible. Everybody is excited
and I'm the only guy who is not excited on the other side of the net because
I know what the result will be because my game is just not up to speed. Can't
feel the same way every single time.
Q. How did you feel today?
FEDERER: Relaxed just because I was tired so I didn't think about it very
much. Just like, Okay, go through the warmup, go through everything, and then
once the match starts it's all go. That's when we'll get excited for two or
three hours if I have to, but that's all I have energy for. So that's how I
saw it.
Q. French Open is your next tournament. Eyeing up the grass season here? Is
that the biggest part of that plan?
FEDERER: I think it's more about relaxing right now, making sure I get a
rest. So I think it's more prevention, to be honest. Then I would like to
eventually -- when you take a break, a breather and you start working out
again, which I will have to stay in shape to some extent because I have Match
for Africa 3 in Zurich on April 1oth. I can't let everything fall apart right
now because I have to play in a week.
After that, I'm looking forward to go back in the gym and work on the stuff I
couldn't do for the last few months. Yeah, so I'll probably stay on hard
courts actually for the next few months, if you like, and then I'll get on
the clay probably two weeks before the French. That's the plan for now.
Then, yeah, hopefully I'll play the French, but we'll see how all of the
buildup is going to go. Then obviously for me, that's when the season
essential starts. Sounds weird now, but I see it that way and I've always
seen it that way.
Q. How much of a goal is Wimbledon for you? Is that your biggest goal this
year maybe?
FEDERER: Yeah, probably. Wimbledon has to be the biggest goal, I mean now in
the near future. The American hard courts I guess as well. The French Open I
guess to some extent. It's just we'll see what happens, you know. No pressure
there really because I won't have a preparation as such.
But all of the grass really is important to me because I'll play Stuttgart
and Halle there, too. Then of course I am looking very good for the World
Tour Finals, for the year-end championships, where I've been very successful.
I like the indoors as well. So for me basically the second half of the season
is a big priority now. That's why I'll take a break as well.
Q. How important it is that you & Rafa are role models for so many people,
kids, everybody. You inspire them. You make them desire greatness, whatever.
So whenever you finish playing the tour, when that happens, are you planning
on maybe writing a book or leaving more of your legacy so that people will
continue to learn from you not only from what you did inside the court, but
outside the court?
FEDERER: I don't know if they're going to learn more by reading a book about
me. I've been very cautious. People wanted to write a book about me many,
many times and some of them have, but I have never really helped in any shape
or form.
I don't know. I feel like a lot of my life, I like it not secret, to be
secret, but I like it that it's with the people that I've shared it with.
It's intimate. I don't know. I'm not sure if I want to shout about it. I
guess there are a lot of parts out there anyway, and you can compress it all
together and put it together in a nice book. I'm not sure, so never say never.
For now, we have pushback on all fronts not to do any books. I see maybe more
a documentary, but that means invasion of privacy with my family, and I'm
honestly not in the mood for that either.
So I'm just tired of too many outside people in my life. I don't know. We'll
have to see. But I'm happy to be a good role model. That's why I take time in
the press to put on a good face and I give good answers, or try to give good
answers, so the people have something nice to read about and get excited
about tennis and sports. It's been a great life school for me, and I think
for a lot of people as well it can be a great escape.
Q. Playing such brilliant, attacking tennis now, and even defending very,
very well, does that play into your feelings about the clay court season? Do
you regret maybe not scheduling more clay? Do you feel you could play that
style that you've been so successful with when it comes to Roland Garros?
FEDERER: Well, I mean, I can still change my schedule so I don't regret
anything. I've just only taken the decision, and I definitely took that into
considering consideration. Like I said, I'm not 24 anymore. I have to pick my
moments where I can peak and stay healthy.
Also part of the situation was that my knee was really strange on the clay
last year, so maybe being away from the clay as much as possible maybe is a
good thing as well.
Even though I don't think it was because of the clay as such, but my physio
and fitness guy thought that that could be also a good thing, not being too
much on clay. So I feel very comfortable and confident that it's the right
decision. I did reconsider with the team what the schedule really was now
that I've also won Indian Wells.
At the end of the day, I need to look out for my health, that I'm happy in
all parts of my life, personal, private, on-court life, professional life,
and I can't keep this pace up on every single day. Just too much and I'll run
out. The desire will run out.
I would rather stay take a step back and then really come back with a lot of
energy and happiness. Then I can share that with everybody. Otherwise you'll
see me here and you will see that all I want to do is get out of here. I
don't want to be that guy. I really don't.
Q. We've spoken a lot about this comeback. Is it now officially over?
FEDERER: Yes, I would think so. (Laughter.) The comeback is over. Still a
comeback year, but I did say that until here, now, Miami, it was going to be
still learning. It's the beginning. Let's see how the knee is going to feel
in Australia. How is the body going to be in the Middle East? How is the body
going to be west coast, east coast?
There is a lot of traveling, and the knee can act funny when you travel and
fly trans-Atlantic and all that stuff. It's not like I went home and all I
did is take a warm shower. I had to do a lot of stretching, massage, and
sleep well, all that stuff. I needed to be very professional to wake up every
morning and be ready to compete.
I'm happy that nothing major happened throughout this period. It's been a
dream run on the court; off the court as well my body has reacted very well
and I couldn't be happier, of course.
Q. There is only two men that have won more tournaments in their career than
you. You are 3 away from tying Ivan Lendl at 94; 18 away from Jimmy tying
Connors. Is that partially your mind as you continue your tennis career?
FEDERER: I mean, yeah, I guess it would be nice to reach 100 just because
it's a good number. But then again, I'm not picking the easy ones to win, to
be honest. I'm not going to play smaller tournaments just to chase that, as
you can see. I'm even now taking a ten-week break.
Like I said, health comes before everything, before every record at this
point. But sure, this has been an incredible start winning three titles this
year and none last year. Things are definitely better this year. But for
those kind of numbers I need to stick around for a while and play very, very
well at the high level. It's going to be difficult so we'll see what happens.
100 would be a great number, of course.
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