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Roger Federer, coming off a solid run at Monte Carlo, has revealed his game plan ahead of his next scheduled tournament: the Madrid Masters and the penultimate major tournament in the European clay-court season, the Rome Masters.
Federer made quite an impression in his first tournament off a two-month absence due to a knee injury. The Swiss Master vanquished both Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets before bowing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in a three-set encounter.
Federer said he was happy with his performance regardless of the result, stressing that he achieved his main goal in the tourney after all, and that's to play competitive tennis again following a lengthy layoff.
"It's been a really good past couple of weeks now for me, so I'm very happy. It was nice to play an intense match, I'm happy how the body reacted. So many good things this week. It's all positive," Federer stressed during post-match press conference [via Tennis World USA]
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With the Monte Carlo Masters over, the Swiss no.1 sets his sight on further improving his form ahead of the French Open. In fact, he already put his name in Madrid and Rome, though he's still undecided if he will play in these ATP points rich tournaments.
Federer said he's planning to take a two-week rest before deciding whether to compete in Madrid, a tourney he won three times, and the elusive Rome Masters.
"I definitely won't play the next couple of weeks; and Madrid? I'll decide probably 10 days from now. Rome? I'll decide probably in 15 days from now."
It appears the Swiss Masters wants his post-surgery campaign to be smooth as possible. In a year where three more Grand Slams and Olympic gold medals are still up for grabs, Federer doesn't want to overdo things to prevent injury.
