Roger Federer who had recently visited San Francisco, California to announce Chase Center as the venue for the 2025 Laver Cup, made the most of it. From practicing with the Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry to attending the Oscars, he did it all. While Federer follows through on his plans to spend time with his children, he also seems to be enjoying his life after retirement, traveling around the globe for work and pleasure.

While in Beverly Hills, California he visits the majestic Sheats-Goldstein House for an interview and talks about how his experience of playing tennis has become more relaxing after retirement.

Roger Federer doesn’t miss the hectic tennis life

In a recent exclusive with GQ,  Federer reveals how he doesn’t miss playing tennis professionally. He quips, “I don’t miss it. I really don’t. I feel really at peace. I think it’s also because I know that my knee and my body and my mind don’t allow me to be out there. Do I feel like, Oh, I could hit that shot? Yeah, okay: Maybe I could right now. But I feel like I squeezed the lemon out. I tried everything I had. And I’m so at peace.”

“I love to go to play tennis when I play with my children. I just booked a court with my wife for the first time in my life. We asked, “Is a court available on Tuesday from three to four maybe? Because I think it’d be maybe fun to go play.”

He further expounds light-heartedly, “This was like a month ago, or two months ago, and we went to play next to my kids, who were having a lesson, and it was just so much fun. I love playing tennis and I always thought, How is that moment going to be when I retire and I go back on a tennis court and actually don’t have to improve? Who cares if I miss a forehand? Who cares if it’s getting better or not?”

And while Federer maintains that the competitiveness of professional tennis is gone he is quick to tell how he can still clock those forehands and backhands at any given moment.

Roger Federer – ‘My God, it’s still there’

Talking about his fitness and his ability to still summon greatness, Federer joyously remarks, ” I was just at Stanford a couple of days back and I went to watch their team play tennis because Tony’s son is a freshman at Stanford. And then I saw them doing something and I told Tony’s son, “Look, on the forehand return, I think you should be doing this.” And I explained quickly, I took a racket, I was dressed like this [varsity jacket, jeans, and a sweater] and I’m clocking forehand returns, and it’s just there.”

He proceeds to explain the concept of muscle memory in layman’s language but expresses that he is still marveled by it, “It doesn’t go away. It’s like riding a bike. And then we did another exercise and then I’m trying to explain how there’s different versions of forehands. There is the loopy one, the fast one, the angle-y one, whatever. And everyone I hit was perfect. And I’m just thinking, My God, it’s still there.”

Federer concludes by expressing his happiness about the fact that he didn’t witness a decline at the end of his career and that he wants to spend as much time as he can with his kids and just be there for them.

These are excerpts from the longest interview of the Swiss maestro after his retirement taken at the house where the film The Big Lebowski was shot. Federer of course hasn’t seen the film!

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