Injury-hit Roger Federer said Thursday he had no plans to retire and insisted he was still in good enough shape to win Grand Slams after crashing out of the Australian Open semi-finals to Novak Djokovic.
The 38-year-old fell to the Serb 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-3, admitting he only had "a three percent" chance as he nursed a groin injury picked up in his quarter-final epic against Tennys Sandgren, where he saved seven match points.
Despite the disappointment, the Swiss great believes he is still a force to be reckoned with.
"Yes, I do believe that," the world number three said, when asked he if he was confident about adding to his 20 Grand Slam titles.
"I think by having the year that I had last year, also with what I have in my game, how I'm playing, I do feel that, yeah."
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