Roger Federer: “I’m not too disappointed”

The 20-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer is a little disappointed after failing to win the BNP Paribas Open. Dominic Thiem produced a comeback to win 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. “I’m not too disappointed. I feel like he had to come up with the goods, and it did feel like to some extent it was on my racket,” Federer said. “I just came up against somebody who was, on the day, a bit better when it really mattered. That’s how it goes. Sure, it’s frustrating and disappointing and sad to some extent. But look, I have been in these positions so many times that I get over it very quickly.” Federer is nevertheless upbeat about his chances at the Miami Open. “The body is perfectly fine. That also always keeps me upbeat, and I feel it’s a privilege when I feel this way leaving a tournament,” he said. “I have been playing every single day for the past three weeks. I can be very happy and proud of that fact. “I feel really good, so why shouldn’t I go into the tournament and to the event confident?”

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