Roger Federer says he has no immediate retirement plans following his straight-sets defeat to Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Australian Open tennis.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion was 4-1 and 40-love up in the opening set before the defending champion staged a comeback to progress 7-6, 6-4, 6-3 in Melbourne.
"I'm confident. I'm happy how I'm feeling. No plans to retire," the 38-year-old said on the court after the loss.
We'll see how the year goes, how everything is with the family. We'll go from there. Of course, I hope to be back. You never know what the future holds. But especially at my age.
"At the end of the day, I guess I'm very happy. I've got to be happy with what I achieved. It was the maximum to get at this tournament, especially after the Millman and the Sandgren match.
"Today was horrible, to go through what I did. Nice entrance, nice send-off, and in between is one to forget because you know you have a three percent chance to win. You've got to go for it. You never know. But, once you can see it coming, that it's not going to work anymore, it's tough."
