He now only has two days to adjust to the grass courts at Royal Sydney Golf Club in Australia, before the World Group playoff tie.
Federer looked relaxed in a practice session at the tie's venue, the 30-year-old training in both singles and doubles against practice partners in a possible preview of his participation over the weekend.
"Well, usually we never have that much time to get used to the grass anyway, so that is kind of how we have to do it every year for the grass season, anyway, so I am kind of used to it," Federer told ABC Sports Wednesday. "The grass (here) is pretty good. It wasn't center court now, so I don't know how that plays, but we will see how it goes tomorrow."
Meanwhile, Australian tennis star and former world No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt said the limited preparation time will not hold up Federer.
"For a freak like Roger, it doesn't matter," Hewitt said. "I haven't seen a lot that Roger hasn't been able to do, so he is as close to Superman as it comes."
Federer is expected to play two singles rubbers and could also team up with Swiss No. 2 ranked singles player Stanislas Wawrinka for Saturday's doubles. However, Wawrinka Tuesday revealed he was still getting over a leg injury he suffered at the US Open.
Swiss captain Severin Luthi backed his star player to handle the short preparation time.
"He is a great champion, we know that, and for sure it is always better if you have more days but I am sure that he can handle this," Luthi said.
He was also confident Wawrinka would be fit for the tie despite a niggling leg injury the world No. 19 brought over from America.
"They are used to playing with small injuries, for sure it is not a big thing, so I am not concerned about that," Luthi said. Swiss tennis superstar Roger Federer arrived in Australia and had
his first practice Wednesday for the Davis Cup starting Friday.
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