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Roger Federer's former coach Stefan Edberg insisted it will be even "tougher" for the Swiss Maestro to win another major in his career, but admitted there is "little hope" for the 17-time Grand Slam winner to pull off another Grand Slam title.
Edberg has told Sport Expressen that he believes Federer will have a tougher road in adding another crown to his all-time record of 17 Grand Slam singles titles following a season full of setbacks and injuries for the Basel native.
Federer, who skipped the remainder of the season to recuperate from a knee injury, has yet to win a Grand Slam event since Wimbledon back in 2012, but Edberg is confident the 35-year-old Swiss still has what it takes to take win another major at this point of his career.
"I thought in the past years he would have won one, he was so close," Edberg said via Tennis World USA. "It becomes even tougher, he is not younger anymore but there is still a little hope. If there's one who can do it, it's Roger."
Edberg played a huge role in the resurgence of Federer's career in the past two years, producing 11 Tour-level titles, including three top-level ATP Masters events during their times working together. The 50-year-old Swede started his collaboration with Federer in 2014 at the Australian Open, but their partnership only lasted for two years after Federer decided to replace him with Severin Luthi before the 2016 season.
Federer will return to tennis action next year, and aims to kick off his campaign at the Australian Open. Federer has revealed he has been practicing well for his much-anticipated comeback, but the Swiss admitted he is not rushing the process of returning to the Tour in full health.
"I am practicing well, we are going step by step although we could do more. We are practicing 90 minutes per day and I am almost 100%. Now we will increase the intensity both in the gym and on the tennis court. By next week Ivan (Ljubicic) will be there as well," Federer said.
"In the last two months I played less tennis, maybe ten or twelve times and three times I played more than an hour. For the rest, half an hour and sometimes hitting against the wall. I did not want to take risks after all the physical practice I did."
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