Roger Federer has used his first appearance at the Australian Open in six years to respond to coaching rumours, stating \u2018never say never\u2019, but that he is \u2018definitely out\u2019 for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n
Despite being retired, the Swiss legend has been the talk of the tennis world over the last 48 hours after making various appearances around the Australian Open grounds, including a public tiebreak against Casper Ruud.<\/p>\n
Federer<\/a> hadn\u2019t made the journey down under since 2020, two years prior to his eventual retirement.<\/p>\n In addition to his on-court action, Federer has also been asked about the current state of the men\u2019s tennis field, including world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz.<\/p>\n The Spaniard is one of the favourites for the title in Australia, but will contest his first tournament without long-time coach Juan Carlos Ferrero.<\/p>\n The split was announced just ahead of the new season, something which happened relatively spontaneously over multiple contractual disagreements.<\/p>\n The 20-time Grand Slam champion was even asked whether he would be interested in filling the vacancy.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m out, I\u2019m definitely out. Maybe I could give him some advice on the periphery but everybody knows I\u2019m too busy with my children and my life at the minute,\u201d responded Federer whilst speaking to TNT Sports.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he can get [the career Grand Slam] with a coach or without a coach, he is that good obviously.<\/p>\n \u201cA good coach definitely will be helping. I don\u2019t know if he has already done press here and talked about his Ferrero situation a little bit, which is obviously going to be a little bit uncomfortable but it\u2019s something you just have to do as a pro.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it is definitely going to be very important to him to find the right person in his corner and to be able to get the career Grand Slam at such a young age is incredible to be honest.<\/p>\n \u201cSo let\u2019s see if he can do it.<\/p>\n \u201c[Jannik] Sinner is obviously the other big, big favourite and I believe Novak [Djokovic] will have a good shot as well.\u201d<\/p>\n As Federer mentioned, Alcaraz would become the youngest male singles player to have won all four Grand Slams \u2013 if he were to win the 2026 or 2027 Australian Open.<\/p>\n Rafael Nadal currently holds the record at 24 years, three months, and ten days after being victorious at the 2010 US Open.<\/p>\n Jannik Sinner confident new off-season weapon will \u2018make the difference\u2019 against Carlos Alcaraz and others<\/a><\/p>\n Australian Open 2026 men\u2019s draw: Sinner set for early blockbuster and Djokovic clash; Alcaraz the winner?<\/a><\/p>\n However, whilst the Swiss ruled himself out of coaching Alcaraz anytime soon, he did leave the door open for a similar coaching role many years into the future.<\/p>\n \u201cNever say never. [Stefan] Edberg said the same. I\u2019m very busy, I\u2019ve got four children. No chance for the moment,\u201d said Federer at a special press conference in Melbourne.<\/p>\n The comments also come after the six-time Melbourne champion heaped more praise on the 22-year-old Spaniard, going so far as to make comparisons between himself and Alcaraz.<\/p>\n \u201cAt Wimbledon, when Grigor was playing against Jannik and I was sitting there, that made it easy to think how it could\u2019ve been because Grigor plays very similar to how I played,\u201d analysed Federer.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it was one of the first times I thought how would it have been to play Jannik. I didn\u2019t feel that way watching Jannik and Novak (in Shanghai), I was just watching great tennis because they both played very different to how I play.<\/p>\n \u201cCarlos, when I see him, I feel like there\u2019s more similarities in terms of what we would do.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of when we would hit a drop shot, when we would come to the net, how offensive, how passive do we decide to play, because I think we like to play on our terms.<\/p>\n \u201cSo I put myself more into Carlos\u2019s mindset and skin.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:\u00a0<\/span>Spanish great believes Juan Carlos Ferrero could be a \u2018good match\u2019 to coach Jannik Sinner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The post Roger Federer gives answer on whether he would coach Carlos Alcaraz after shock split \u2013 \u2018Never say never\u2019<\/a> appeared first on Tennis365<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Roger Federer has used his first appearance at the Australian Open in six years to respond to coaching rumours, stating \u2018never say never\u2019, but that he is \u2018definitely out\u2019 for the foreseeable future. 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