is always the biggest attraction in every tournament he plays, and the 37-year-old often plays at night where crowds are usually packed. At the Australian Open so far Federer played two-day session matches, against Dan Evans in the second round and Taylor Fritz in the third.
Asked about the turnaround from day to night, the world No. 3 said: I think for me nowadays I go in phases where sometimes I dont see day matches for a long time, you know, especially Dubai, lets just say, the matches are always at night.
I mean, for the top guys. Here with the semis and finals and quarters, if you play well here youre always going to see three, four, night session matches, same thing. And Indian Wells, Miami, they are also 50/50 spread out.
Next thing you know, by the time you hit the clay, where there are no more clay court matches, you have played 70 per cent maybe in the night, and the weird thing is we never practice at night. You know, were always, you know, for schedule, just easy to play during the daytime.
And I remember early on in my career I played much more in, like, especially in America, I think early on because of the time change to Europe with Eurosport being the host broadcaster, I remember that happened a lot. So I have worked my way into the night, I guess.
But for me playing early, like 1:00, definitely, thats a little bit of a change. I just think with my age I just need extra warm up, extra, you know, care to details so Im actually really firing at 1:00 pm. ALSO READ: Rafael Nadal: Worse players than David Ferrer won a Grand Slam title
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