It would have not been possible to do not see the Swiss lengend not to play a slam.
Roger suffered really a lot from his back injury in Doha and he was unsure about participating i the 2012 Austrlian Open.
‘I could barely play,’ said Federer, . ‘It was on a level that maybe if it’s the last match of the season, fine, you can somehow get through it, but not like this.
‘That’s why I really … hoped that things improved quickly. (But it) didn’t quite do that.’
‘If it would have stayed the way it was in Doha … then obviously things would have gotten really difficult, let’s put it that way.
‘You don’t want to enter a tournament on painkillers, in a lot of pain, knowing it’s going to take two weeks.
‘I only started to feel better around Tuesday. Today was my first practice where I could play again at 100 percent.’
‘It was really the only right decision to take. We’re talking about the first tournament of the year, it not being a finals, already being on painkillers basically for two matches, being in a lot of pain.’
Talking about the semifinal in Doha. ‘It just didn’t feel right to play at all because there was no point. … To play on it, take more chances, then maybe even going worse, then it flares up the whole time, that’s not what I want. Today all that’s gone, so I feel like I’m back to normal.
‘That’s a good feeling to have coming into the Australian Open now.’
Come on Roger we want you at 120%!!!
