Roger Federer lost to Novak Djokovic 6-3 6-4 at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the second year in a row. Despite the defeat in his 135th career-final appearance, Federer is already plotting his strategy with only a few weeks to go before the Australian summer of tennis gets underway.

“It starts with the Australian Open, which is just around the corner,” Federer said in an interview post-final match as quoted by AFP.com. “That’s what I see next, then once Australia’s over, that’s when I look towards the future.”

Federer, who finishes the season as Swiss World No. 1 and World No. 3 behind Djokovic and Andy Murray, said that he is not looking on making any drastic changes in the way he approaches the game, but revealed that he needs to work on some “tactical” plans against certain opponents. He added that some strategies worked great for him this season.

The 34-year-old made his 16th appearance at the Australian Open this year. It was Federer’s second tournament after successfully defending his title at the Brisbane International, beating Milos Raonic of Canada 6-4 6-7(2) 6-4 to claim his 83rd career title after securing the 1000th win in his career. However, Federer suffered a shocking defeat when Italian player Andreas Seppi ended his streak of 11 straight Australian Open semifinals (2004 - 2014) by beating him in the third round 6-4 7-6(5) 4-6 7-6(5).

Federer is a five-time Australian Open champion. He won his maiden Australian Open title in 2004 beating Russia’s Marat Safin in the finals 7-6(7) 6-4 6-2. The 17-time grand slam champion won again in 2006 (def. Marcos Baghdatis 5-7 7-5 6-0 6-2), 2007 (def. Fernando Gonzalez 7-6(7) 6-4 6-4, and 2010 (def. Andy Murray 6-3 6-4 7-6(13).

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