Why Federer will not play in Miami

When Roger
Federer released his schedule for the first time of the year many people
were surprised for his choice of not playing in Miami.

The Swiss Legend surprised
again for choosing to play the ATP250 in Istanbul. During a recent interview
Roger made it very clear why he decided to do so

Roger commented “The
week in between Indian Wells and Miami is always a wasted wee, in my opinion, for
me. So I’d rather use that for some more time off, some more practice, maybe
play another tournament.

Plus
I’ve played Miami so many times, so that’s just the one I decided to skip. And
substituted with Istanbul, a city I’ve never been to, a country I’ve never been
to, so I just thought it would be a nice mix-up.

But
when it’s back-to-back 10 days, there is a lot of time that gets wasted. It’s a long break ’till the first round in Miami, and let’s say
you don’t play well again, you’ve sort of wasted a month, nothing happened. So
I’ve never been a huge fan of the back-to-back 10-day events, but it’s been
like this for a long, long time. That’s the only way I ever knew it.”