From words to deeds. After his return to competition in Doha last month, after thirteen months away from the circuit following two operations on the right knee, Roger Federer breathed: “The important thing is to play matches. And what happens before the grass season is the clay season. From this point of view, if I want to play matches, I have no choice but to play on land. ” Initially registered for the Masters 1000 in Madrid (May 3-9), the 39-year-old Swiss should finally compete in the Geneva tournament, an ATP 250 which will be played from May 17 to 23, before setting foot on the clay at Roland-Garros ( May 30 - June 13). The living legend officially confirmed this Sunday what was in the air in recent weeks.
Hi everyone!
Happy to let you know that I will play Geneva and Paris.
Until then I will use the time to train.
Can't wait to play in Switzerland again.
❤️
- Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) April 18, 2021
The Maestro was inclined for two tournaments only on ocher this season. Exit Madrid and place in training… After his big comeback in Doha, where he lost in the quarterfinals against Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili., Federer mainly had two goals in mind: Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics. Federer, who won 11 of his 103 clay court titles (the last one dating from 2015 in Istanbul), had skipped Dubai and Miami to gain strength physically before the big deadlines of the summer. It has been a habit since 2016, not the fact the trip to Monte-Carlo. The man with 20 Grand Slam titles should therefore return to home business.
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The change of the date of the Parisian Grand Slam (May 30-June 13) so as to be able to hope to obtain the best possible gauge, will shorten the season on grass since Wimbledon was maintained from June 28 to July 12. Despite his presence announced in Paris, the eight-time winner of Wimbledon is thus registered in Halle (June 14 to 21) which must now begin the day after the Roland-Garros final. The German tournament serving as a preparation for the London Grand Slam where he has more chances to shine than in Paris… The last appearance of the living legend of 39 years on clay dates back to the semi-final lost at Roland Garros against Rafael Nadal in 2019 (6-3, 6-4, 6-2). It was the first time since 2015 that the winner of the 2019 edition, four times beaten in the final, pushed back the Parisian clay.If the gauge of the next Roland-Garros, is for the moment unknown, the spectators having the chance to enter the enclosure of the Porte d'Auteuil, will perhaps see the living legend for the last time ...
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