Roger Federer explains comeback in detail in a video titled 'I'm back'

Roger Federer came back to tennis at the Qatar Open in Doha and in a 3-minute feature he spoke about the lengthy process.

It has been a long road to recovery for Roger Federer who hasn't played in 13 months prior to his comeback at Doha. In a video feature done with ATPTour.com, the Swiss maestro spoke about all the things that went into the process.

In the feature he started off with:

“It’s been a long year. In some ways especially rehabbing, being on crotches once and then for the 2nd time. Finally, I am back on the tennis court again, working out playing sets, points. It’s a true pleasure, privilege actually after all this time.”

The feature which was done before the event started, had Federer explaining his expectations before the event:

“I’ve played well here in the past. Enjoyed coming here. It’s outdoors. The weather is on the warmer side and Australia was too soon. It is just the perfect place for a comeback."

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He was well aware of the question marks going into it as he said:

"There are still amazing amounts of question marks. Don’t know really what to expect. Expectations from my side are extremely low. I am just happy to be playing a tournament again regardless of the outcome."

Turning to the reasons behind the surgery he candidly spoke about it by saying:

"I was unhappy with my knee for some time and after the Australian Open, I got back to Switzerland. I was thinking that I can’t continue playing with this knee. I’m not happy with it. Spoke with the team and doctors, did the operation."

His initial plan was to come back at Wimbledon but in June he announced he was going to have a 2nd surgery:

"I was like thinking of coming back at the Wimbledon. Somehow the knee wasn’t fully happy. That is why the road to today was long and slow but I’m happy I made it to today."

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He did not want to rush to comeback process because he understood that giving himself enough time would be key:

"The idea was to be fully fit again, for life or for tennis. It’s equally important to me. It’s definitely worth it to go through all that pain. For me, there was no other story to it."

He also spoke about the whole process being not as hard as some people made it about to be because for him it was just about being professional about it. Concluding the interview he spoke about his goals moving forward:

"My first goal is to use this time to build up step by step all the way to Wimbledon. Take it one day at a time. I still have a long way to go."

Check out the feature below: