{"id":31321,"date":"2017-01-01T16:25:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31321"},"modified":"2017-01-01T16:25:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-01T16:25:41","slug":"federer-can-still-win-a-grand-slam-says-former-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31321","title":{"rendered":"Federer can still win a Grand Slam, says former coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-23071\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Roger-Federer-ISN.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Roger Federer ISN\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Roger-Federer-ISN.jpg 290w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Roger-Federer-ISN-150x129.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>Los Angeles:<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/172-roger-federer\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Roger Federer<\/a><\/strong><\/span>&#8216;s former coach Paul Annacone has asserted that the tennis star can return from six months out with injury and win another Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year was a very tough year for him and he still got to the semis of Wimbledon,&#8221; Annacone, who coached the Swiss ace from 2010 to 2013, told BBC Sport on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no reason why he can&#8217;t play at that level again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Also Read :&nbsp;<a href=\"tennis-news\/international\/42551-roger-federer-confirms-return-at-hopman-cup\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Roger Federer confirms return at Hopman Cup<\/a><a href=\"tennis-news\/international\/42551-roger-federer-confirms-return-at-hopman-cup\"><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Federer, a winner of 17 majors, is due to make his comeback from a knee injury against Britain&#8217;s Dan Evans in the Hopman Cup in Perth on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When you look at his track record, particularly on grass, if he&#8217;s healthy, it&#8217;s going to be very difficult not to put him in the sentence as one of the favourites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Again, it&#8217;s about staying healthy, but I absolutely think he can contend for a major title,&#8221; Annacone said.<\/p>\n<p>Federer is yet to set foot on court since hurting his left knee after losing in the Wimbledon semi-finals to Milos Raonic in July.<\/p>\n<p>But Annacone believes Federer&#8217;s extended absence &#8220;could be a positive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s given him time to refresh and really get his body healthy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Six months isn&#8217;t critical &#8212; it&#8217;s not what I would call lethal. I know how hard Roger&#8217;s worked and how professional and meticulous he is about his preparations,&#8221; the American said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a challenge, but great players love challenges. I expect great things because he&#8217;s a great player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Federer had a knee surgery in February 2016. He last won a tournament in November 2015 &#8212; the Swiss Indoors &#8212; and has not won a Grand Slam since Wimbledon 2012.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-23071\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Roger-Federer-ISN.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"250\" alt=\"Roger Federer ISN\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Roger-Federer-ISN.jpg 290w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Roger-Federer-ISN-150x129.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" \/>Los Angeles:<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/172-roger-federer\" style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> Roger Federer<\/a><\/strong><\/span>&#8216;s former coach Paul Annacone has asserted that the tennis star can return from six months out with injury and win another Grand Slam.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Last year was a very tough year for him and he still got to the semis of Wimbledon,&#8221; Annacone, who coached the Swiss ace from 2010 to 2013, told BBC Sport on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no reason why he can&#8217;t play at that level again.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[466,20057,234,12894],"class_list":["post-31321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-paul-annacone","tag-roger-federer","tag-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Federer can still win a Grand Slam, says former coach - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31321\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Federer can still win a Grand Slam, says former coach - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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