Will Extra Rest Help Roger Federer Contend at the 2015 French Open?

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Published: April 11, 2015

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Roger Federer won his lone French Open title in 2009. Rafael Nadal has won the title nine times in the past 10 years. Federer hopes a tiny tweak to his schedule can change his luck at Roland Garros. 

This year, Nadal looks more vulnerable than venerable, having bowed out of Miami and Indian Wells prior to the semifinals. Meanwhile, Federer skipped the Miami Open. Will the additional time off help Federer in his quest for another title at Roland Garros?

Federer returns to action next week in Monte Carlo. Despite a decade of dominance, Federer's clay-court nemesis, Nadal, is not the clear favorite to win the 2015 French Open. According to Oddschecker, Nadal and Novak Djokovic are 3-2 favorites to win the event. 

Federer is given the same odds, 18-1, as Kei Nishikori. Oddsmakers consider Stan Wawrinka, who has never advanced beyond the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, a better bet (16-1) than Federer. 

Although Federer skipped Miami, he has an ambitious clay-court schedule. He plans to play five clay-court tournaments, including the back-to-back Masters events in Madrid and Rome. He added Istanbul, a 250-level clay-court event, to his schedule. According to Kamakshi Tandon of Tennis.com, Federer said he substituted Istanbul because it's "a city I've never been to, a country I've never been to, so I just thought it would be a nice mix-up."

Opting out of doing back-to-back, 10-day, hard-court Masters events in the U.S. allowed Federer to rest his aging body in preparation for a grueling clay-court run. 

Ranked No. 2, Federer needs to be fresh and fit if he hopes to fend off Nadal or a motivated Djokovic.

Federer's desire for a second French Open title is well noted. However, Djokovic desperately seeks his first. It's the one Grand Slam tournament that has eluded the Serbian. Seems odd, but could the oddsmakers be on to something? Could Djok...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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