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Federer speaks out on prospects of becoming full-time coach after retiring

Miami: The 37-year-old is coming to the end of a career that has produced 20 Grand Slam titles and over 100 ATP singles titles. Federer reached the Miami Open quarter-finals for the 11th time on Wednesday with victory over Daniil Medvedev and was questioned about his future plans after the 6-4 6-2 win. Asked when he would return to the ATP tour in a different capacity after retiring, Federer said: "Possible but doubtful."

"Just because I have four children and I'm happy to be home after traveling for 20 years or more, 25 years. I just don't see myself doing it for 20 weeks of the year coaching. I just don't see that happening. Then again, I think Edberg also didn't think he was going to coach again.

"And I don't have to do it right away, either. So I can maybe mentor more or have players come around. Who knows? I would love to stay involved in the game but probably not 30 weeks on the road. Let's be honest."

On his convincing victory over Russian star Medvedev, Federer added: "I thought it was an interesting match. There were really long rallies, tactical points. The big points went my way and that was the difference. I'm serving great this week and hope I can keep it up in the next round."

Federer, who turns 38 this summer, faces Kevin Anderson in the last-eight after the South African beat Jordan Thompson in straight sets. "Kevin is a great player, he's got one of great serves in the game at the moment," Federer said.

"In America on hard courts, that's his cup of tea, but I'm playing well and I hope I can bother him."

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