Federer will play the doubles in Halle with his friend Chiudinelli

Roger Federer wants to be 100% ready for Wimbledon. We expect a very aggressive Maestro at the Championship with lots of runs to the net, so playing doubles in Germany may help to add some more practice.

Last year Roger played with Haas, this year he decided to team up with his long time friend Marco Chiudinelli.

Now ranked world no.182, Chiudinelli has failed to qualify for the single main draw after losing to Santiago Gonzales 6-4 6-2 in the qualifications.

In the single draw Roger will try to defend his title in a star-studded tournament. His nemesis Rafael Nadal is expected to play and he has been seeded no.1