{"id":21365,"date":"2013-07-24T12:13:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T10:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/federer-takes-new-racquet-to-gstaad\/"},"modified":"2013-07-24T12:13:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T10:13:52","slug":"federer-takes-new-racquet-to-gstaad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/federer-takes-new-racquet-to-gstaad\/","title":{"rendered":"Federer takes new racquet to Gstaad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roger Federer serves to Argentina\u2019s Frederico Delbonis during their semifinal match at the bet-at-home German Open ATP tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany on July 20, 2013. Photo: AP<\/p>\n

When Roger Federer<\/a> makes his first appearance at the Swiss Open, since winning it in 2004, he will concentrate on his own fitness and the state of his new prototype racquet<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The top seed\u2019s first opponent after a bye will be German Daniel Brands on Wednesday, a player he beat in three sets in last week\u2019s first round.<\/p>\n

Federer, who has been playing since last week with a larger, 98-square-inch racquet after competing for most of his career with a 90-square-inch model, remains quietly confident that he will be able to make the big switch before travelling to Canada<\/a> in little more than a week to prepare for the Montreal Masters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis racket will probably change over the next few months, we will keep tinkering with it,\u201d said Federer, working closely with his manufacturer. \u201cI\u2019ve tried a lot of models and this is the one I like the best.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll play Gstaad<\/a> with it and then we can look ahead. The plan for now is to continue with this racquet.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGstaad is a special tournament with altitude (800 metres),\u201d said Federer. \u201cYou can\u2019t come here for six weeks to get prepared.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m coming in very relaxed, no-one has much experience on this clay but you can get used to it.\u201d \u2013 Agence France-Presse<\/a><\/p>\n

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