Tennis: Little tune-up time for Federer

Federer not worried about having limited time to prepare for a different surface.

SYDNEY:

World number three Roger Federer has only two days to tune up for Switzerland’s bid to break into the Davis Cup elite when they clash with Australia in their World Group playoff starting tomorrow.

The 16-times grand slam champion, whose last match was a five-set loss to Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-final, will be expected to carry Switzerland’s hopes in the singles against Australia’s former world number one Lleyton Hewitt and rising talent Bernard Tomic. Federer was not worried about having limited time to prepare for a different surface. “Usually we never have much time to get used to the grass anyway, so I’m used to it,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 15^th,  2011.