Six-time ATP World Tour Finals champion Roger Federer said that the participating players at this week’s ATP World Tour finals are in great shape which makes this season-ending $6 million tournament a very interesting one to watch.
“I think [that] everyone who is playing in the [Barclays] ATP World Tour Finals is actually in good shape and is playing good tennis. It’s not someone is coming in and is not playing well. It makes it for an interesting tournament,” Federer said to the media in London.
“If you look at all the guys, they have played a full schedule. It is definitely a physical and endurance fight to win the title after two or three straight weeks,” he added.
The 32-year old Swiss superstar is drawn in Group B together with defending champion Novak Djokovic, 2009 runner-up Juan Martin Del Potro and Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who qualified for the event for the second time.
“Novak is playing great,” said Federer. “He has won every tournament he has played over the last few. He has a lot of confidence and is playing really well.
“Juan Martin the same, I just played him too. He has reached semis or finals or better in the tournaments he has played. The question is, how fit or how much energy has he got left? I expect him to be tough to beat.
“Richard has played a lot of tennis this year, especially at the back end ever since the US Open. He has really tried to make it to the [Barclays] ATP World Tour Finals. He made it, credit to him. He is playing well as well.”
Federer’s first match will be against Novak Djokovic on Tuesday. They’ve just played against each other at the Paris Masters semifinals last Saturday. Both players contested the ATP World Tour Finals trophy last year with Djokovic winning that match.
