{"id":6089,"date":"2026-01-17T11:17:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2026-01-17T11:17:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T11:17:03","slug":"australian-open-2026-roger-federer-hopes-carlos-alcaraz-can-complete-career-grand-slam-in-melbourne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=6089","title":{"rendered":"Australian Open 2026: Roger Federer hopes Carlos Alcaraz can complete career Grand Slam in Melbourne"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Federer is at the Australian Open for the first time since 2020 for a special ceremony on Saturday to honour his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The former world number one won 20 Grand Slam titles &#8211; including a men&#8217;s record of eight Wimbledon triumphs &#8211; and claimed 103 ATP Tour titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The six-time Melbourne champion will also return to the Rod Laver Arena court to play in an exhibition alongside fellow legends Andre Agassi, Patrick Rafter and Lleyton Hewitt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Before the rare appearance, Federer says he is finding retirement &#8220;much easier&#8221; than he anticipated and is able to spend more time at home with his family.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While he enjoys spending time on court with his children, and &#8220;loves&#8221; watching as a fan, he does not have any plans to move into coaching.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Never say never. [Stefan] Edberg said the same. I&#8217;m very busy, I&#8217;ve got four children. No chance for the moment.&#8221; Federer added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federer is at the Australian Open for the first time since 2020 for a special ceremony on Saturday to honour his career. The former world number one won 20 Grand Slam titles &#8211; including a men&#8217;s record of eight Wimbledon triumphs &#8211; and claimed 103 ATP Tour titles. The six-time Melbourne champion will also return<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}