Roger Federer releases 2014 schedule, set to return to Sony Open in Miami
Roger Federer will try to improve on his 2013 season, during which he won only one title.(Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
Roger Federer has released his 2014 tournament schedule, which includes a return to the Sony Open in Miami in March. In addition to the four Grand Slams and eight of the nine ATP Masters 1000s (he will skip the Monte Carlo Masters for a third straight year), Federer is scheduled to play the Brisbane International, Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany, and the Swiss Indoors in his hometown of Basel, Switzerland. In total, the 17-time Major winner is scheduled to play 16 tournaments, two more than he had scheduled in 2013. Here is Federer's complete schedule:
Brisbane International, Brisbane
Australian Open, Melbourne*
Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, Dubai
BNP Paribas Open, Indian Wells
Sony Open, Miami
Mutua Madrid Open, Madrid
Internazionali BNL d’Italia, Rome
French Open, Paris*
Gerry Weber Open, Halle
Wimbledon*
Rogers Cup, Montreal
Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati
U.S. Open, New York*
Shanghai Rolex Masters, Shanghai
Swiss Indoors Basel, Basel
BNP Masters , Paris
* Grand Slam event
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The most notable hole in Federer's schedule is the Davis Cup. Switzerland is set to play Novak Djokovic's Serbian team in Belgrade in February and, as of now, Federer has not committed to playing the tie.