After more than a year off the grass, the Swiss phenomenon will return this week to play in the Qatar tournament: "I decided to return without pressure. Just want to enjoy now and myself curious how things will turn out."
Roger Federer.
Tennis fans can no longer wait
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After 13 months off the grass and clay, this coming Wednesday, 39-year-old Roger Federer will return to the competition and it will happen in the first round of the Qatar tournament.
You will be surprised but the Swiss phenomenon, whose last game was at all somewhere in the Australian Championship 2020, until this week was ranked in the top five in the world, and for the tournament itself in Doha he will come as ranked second.
Ahead of the exciting comeback, Federer, who went through a challenging year that included two right knee surgeries, admitted: "I wanted to come back, and that's the decision I made with my team. I know it's rare for a 40-year-old player to return after a year out. "Without stress. The most important thing is that I feel good now and without injuries. I just want to have fun now and I am curious how things will turn out."
"I just feel like my story is not over yet," Federer added, "I would like to reach the top again and play against the best players in the round, and of course try to win some of them. I'm very happy to be back, I never thought it would take me that long, "I came here to Qatar in 2003 for the first time and I always loved playing here. It's exciting to come back and see all the players again. I look forward to starting playing already."
On his physical fitness, the Swiss added: "I hope that by Wimbledon I will be 100 percent fit, and then the season will start for me. I know that even after I finish the tournament here, I must return to my training ..".