Federer in hunt for coach after split from Lundgren

Wimbledon tennis champion Roger Federer will take his time to choose a new coach after parting company with Peter Lundgren.

"First, I wanted to get this thing with Peter over and then search for a new coach. Anything else would have been unfair," the 22-year-old Swiss player said today. "I can go to Australia without a coach. My goal would still be the same."

The Australian Open, the first Grand Slam event of the year, takes place in Melbourne next month.

Federer has been working with Lundgren, a close friend, since 1998 but Federer said that it was time for a change.

He also won the 2003 season-ending Masters Cup, thrashing Andre Agassi in the final, and finished the year ranked second in the world behind American Andy Roddick.