After trying out a larger racquet in Hamburg and Gstaad,
Roger Federer returned to one with a
90 square-inch head
and said he'd be playing with it through the US Open.
"I'm going to do more racquet testing when I have, again,
some more time after the US Open," he said.
"I was playing for a month with the black one, but it's a prototype.
At the end, I just felt like, you know what, right now I feel
like I need to simplify everything and just play with what I know best."
Roger Federer got his delayed hardcourt season off to a positive start
with straightforward
6-3 7-6 (9/7) win over
Phillip Kohlschreiber
on Tuesday night at the Western & Southern Open.
Last year,
Federer became the first player in the Open Era
to win the Western & Southern Open title five times.
He has a 31-7 tournament record,
and will play the 11th-seeded German
Tommy Haas in the third round.
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Federer wins with old weapon
Roger Federer returned to one with a 90 square-inch head
and said he'd be playing with it through the US Open.
"I'm going to do more racquet testing when I have, again,
some more time after the US Open," he said.
"I was playing for a month with the black one, but it's a prototype.
At the end, I just felt like, you know what, right now I feel
like I need to simplify everything and just play with what I know best."
Roger Federer got his delayed hardcourt season off to a positive start
with straightforward 6-3 7-6 (9/7) win over Phillip Kohlschreiber
on Tuesday night at the Western & Southern Open.
Last year, Federer became the first player in the Open Era
to win the Western & Southern Open title five times.
He has a 31-7 tournament record,
and will play the 11th-seeded German Tommy Haas in the third round.
atp news