Federer plans to play for “many more years”

Despite his early exit at the Wimbledon Championships 2013, Roger Federer said that he doesn’t have any plans to leave the sport in the near future.

“I still have plans to play for many more years to come. It’s normal that after all of a sudden losing early after being in the quarters 36 times, people feel it’s different,” said Federer.

“You guys hyped it up so much: me playing Rafa, and we’re both out. So there’s a letdown clearly. Maybe it’s also somewhat a bit disrespectful to the other opponents who are in the draw still. I think it sends a message to you guys as well that maybe you shouldn’t do that so often next time around,” he added.

The Swiss world number three admitted that the loss is definitely a “setback” but he feels that he still has played a very productive season so far.

“Right now, this is a setback, a disappointment, whatever you want to call it,” Federer said. “But then overall, I think I played great eight months ago at the Barclays World Tour Finals, I played great at the Australian Open. You know, if things would have gone my way, maybe I could have done a bit more.

“Overall, I think I’ve been playing actually not so bad, like some have portrayed it. Season’s not over here. Only just in the middle. Still have a lot of tennis left. That’s what I try to use for a good end to the season,” he added.

By failing to defend the championship points he has accumulated for winning this event last year, Federer will be dropping out of the world’s top four, something that has never happened for so many years.