In more than twenty years of career, the living legend had never known such a long break.
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I know that it is not common to see a player of almost 40 years
(he will have them on August 8, Editor's note)
come back after a year of absence,
" he smiled Sunday during a long conference very followed press.
The now world number six returns this week in Doha, Qatar.
A smooth comeback in an ATP 250 tournament which he has already won three times.
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Exempted from the first round as seed 2, the Balois will face the winner of the meeting between Frenchman Jérémy Chardy and Briton Daniel Evans on Wednesday.
The man with twenty Grand Slam titles underwent two interventions to his right knee in 2020, the first on February 19, the second in the spring.
Her longest absence previously had been six months between July 2016 and January 2017, with arthroscopy in her left knee.
We know the rest.
A triumph at the Australian Open on his return (with a victory
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