Federer Family Christmas Won’t be in Switzerland. Australian Open And Brisbane Preparation Overrides.

Written by: on 23rd December 2013
ATP World Tour Finals in London
Federer Family Christmas Won't be in Switzerland. Australian Open And Brisbane Preparation Overrides.

epa03939966 Roger Federer from Switzerland returns the ball against Richard Gasquet of France during their group B singles match in the round robin stage on the fourth day at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in the O2 Arena in London, Britain, 07 November 2013. EPA/FACUNDO ARRIZABALAGA  |

A white Christmas is off the agenda this year for the Roger Federer family as the world No. 6 opts to remain in Dubai at his training base and celebrate the holiday before heading straight to Australia for the start of his 2014 season. The Swiss said he has abandoned plans to fly home with wife Mirka and twin four-year-old daughters, saying the travel would be just too much effort.

 

Federer told the Courier Mail newspaper editions that logistics got the better of his original plan to leave his training base in the desert Gulf. Federer, a 17-time grand slam event winner, will be playing Brisbane for the first time.

 

“The idea was to go back to Switzerland and enjoy it in the snow, but it’s one of those sacrifices you have to make,” Federer told the newspaper. “It’s probably too much for me and also my family to go back to Switzerland and then to Australia.”

 

Federer will play as top seed at the event, which he hopes will kick-start 2014 in winning style after suffering through his worst season in a decade in 2013 with just one title. Others in the men’s field at the joint ATP-WTA tournament includes runner-up Grigor Dimitrov, Australian Lleyton Hewitt, and Japan’s Kei Nishikori.

The 32-year-old Federer will then head directly to Melbourne for private training during the week prior to the January 13 start of the Australian Open, which he hopes to win for a fifth time.

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