Federer on grass

After three eventful days at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, I’m back home. It was my second year there and it’s a great tournament for you who want to get up and close to the players, especially if you stay in the official player hotel – the Maritim. It was nice to see Federer back after his injury timeout. Like I suspected beforehand he did look mighty rusty and I can’t remember seeing him missing so many, for him, easy shots. Especially backhand and serve seemed to be misfiring and in the match against young American Taylor Fritz he was …