Cilic gives fitness update: "I started to train slowly"

The Croatian played his last match at the Paris Masters, where he lost in the second round to Stan Wawrinka. Now during the off-season, he gives his fitness update by saying:

"I started to train slowly, to be ready for the winter preparation that will start in about ten days. There will be time to do it all. Wayne Ferriera (his coach) will come to Zagreb and then we will also be in Australia for the ATP Cup: we play in the Sydney group and the first match is scheduled for January 4th." Cilic said.

Cilic also commented on the Davis Cup finals result of Croatia, where he did not participate.

"We already knew before that it was hard to pass in such a difficult group, with Spain and Russia. Besides me not playing, there were also Borna's problems, It is how it went."

He also spoke about the most discussed topic at the moment of merging team competitions and making it easier for players.

"Finally, the ATP and ITF have started talking to each other after some years. It has happened in all these years: from the ATP that has removed the points for the Olympic tournament, to the ITF that has not listened to what the players said. It is known that the calendar is too full, there was also the proposal that the Davis Cup finalists could skip the first round, but it did not pass. We will see what the possibilities are and how much both parties are willing to come together in the interests of all.”

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