No fire for Roger Federer before his return to clay in Geneva on Tuesday, where he will face the winner of the match Andujar-Thompson.
The Swiss lack pace and do not expect much other than hitting balls to get back to their best level as quickly as possible.
“It might be better to come back with a 250 than with a Masters 1000, even if I could just as easily lose from the start in Geneva,” said Rodgez on the eve of his start in the tournament.
Lucid, the Swiss swept away his return to the one - winner - of 2017. At the time, he had recovered from a six-month hiatus by winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon.
But he was a little younger.
“I come back from much further, there are more question marks than at the end of 2016, when I felt that I was in mega form.
At the time, I had played about twenty sets with Lucas Pouille, this time I don't have as much tennis behind me, I just finished my physical preparation phase.
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Federer not unhappy with Roland's slight postponement
Now begins for Federer a long road to the return to the top, with the aim of appearing well at Wimbledon, his "priority".
Happy consequence of the postponement of one week of Roland-Garros, the co-record holder for the number of Grand Slam victories will make a hook by Paris at the end of spring.
“When we learned that Roland-Garros was postponed by a week, we put everything on the table with my team to discuss.
Finally, quite quickly, the idea of playing Geneva and Paris was a scenario that I liked very much.
“At least as much as the Chatrier audience likes.
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