LONDON (Reuters) - Swiss world number three Roger Federer has revealed he has suffered nearly three months of a hand injury, confirming that he has now overcome his effects as he prepares to take part in his hometown Basel, which starts on Monday.
"I had a hand injury during the beginning of the herbal season," said the record holder in the Grand Slam titles with 20 titles, to Zontag Zeitung. "It caused more complications than I expected. Months".
"This is not an excuse," he said, adding that sometimes he "felt pain in the first 10 minutes of the warm-up, but now I can do the frontal shots without thinking about it."
This season, the Swiss won only three trophies: the Australian Open, the Dutch Rotterdam and Stuttgart, and suffered unexpected losses during the summer, especially in the Wimbledon quarter-finals and South American Flushing Meadows. Against Australian John Melman).
The 37-year-old is preparing to defend his Basel title, his ninth and fourth-year finish and his first match against Serbia's Filip Krajnikovic on Tuesday.
