+ California [US], Mar 18 (ANI): Roger Federer lost the Paribas Open final against Dominic Thiem 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 on Sunday (local time), but the Swiss legend has said that he is not that disappointed with the loss and is looking at the loss with perspective.
+ +"I am not too disappointed. I feel like he had to come up with the goods, and it did feel like to some extent it was on my racquet, I just came up against somebody who was, on the day, a bit better when it really mattered," Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) quoted Federer, as saying.
+ +"That's how it goes. Sure, it is frustrating and disappointing and sad to some extent. But look, I have been in these positions so many times that I get over it very quickly," ATP further quoted Federer, as saying.
+ +"It is hard to pinpoint exactly what went wrong [against Thiem]. The return he hits on the line at 5-all [in the third set], that is the one I needed, and I could not produce that. Why is that?," he said.
+ +"You can start looking, digging so deep, and then you end up getting lost, rather than just saying he played maybe a little bit better when he really had to, I did not feel like I played bad, either. I had my chances. I was in the points," he added.
+ +Federer has won twelve out of fourteen matches this year and he became the second player in the Open era to earn 100 tour-level titles.
+ +"I am happy for Dominic, winning his first Masters 1000, as well. It is a massive event to win, I just got my 100th in Dubai, and I had a good week here. Really, there is no reason to get down. Plus there is more to look forward to in Miami," Federer said.
+ +The 37-year-old will now head to Miami Open and he will enter the tournament as the fourth seed. (ANI)
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