“Yeah, I mean, it’s very encouraging, you know, no doubt. Wish I could have won here and then, you know, given an all Swiss final. That’s something I’ll regret, you know, for a long time. But then again, you know, it was a great start to the season for me. Would have been nice to win Brisbane, would have been nice to win here tonight, but you can’t have it all.”Federer began his season in Brisbane, where he reached the final in his debut at the event, before losing to hometown hero Lleyton Hewitt in a fantastic encounter. Arriving in Melbourne a day later, Federer defeated James Duckworth, Blaz Kavcic and Teymuraz Gabashvili in the first week before moving onto tougher tests in Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Andy Murray – both of which he passed in magnificent fashion to reach the semi-final stage. Overall, Federer is content with the start of his season and believes that the best is yet to come.
“I think this is a very good start to the season for me overall. I played some really good tennis here. I still feel my best tennis is only ahead of me right now. So I’m looking forward to the next couple of months, how they’re going to play out for me, and hopefully by April I feel like I’m going to be at 100% again.”
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