The COVID-19 pandemic made 2020 a difficult year for the world of sports, to the point that many athletes decided not to take risks and not compete until 2021. One of them was the ‘King of Tennis’, Roger Federer, although that wait is over since announced that he will return in March.
He has not played since the Australian Open semi-finals in 2020.
There were two reasons why the Swiss decided to take a break last year. One was the pandemic and the strange sports year that was lived and the second was that he took advantage of have two operations on the right knee in 2020, hoping to return better than ever in 2021.
Many thought that he would return in the same tournament that was the last he played, the Australian Open, which will start on February 8, but the Swiss decided to take a little more time and will be active again in March, during the Doha tournament.
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Federer has played that tournament in 2005, 2006 and 2011.
It is an ATP 250, which is not one of the best and that is why it prefers to return to warm up and that the pressure is not so much. “I want to celebrate victories again, I will (return) in a small tournament, not to be so much under the spotlight and because the pressure is lower “he commented.
He will seek to return to the top of the tennis world. A few years ago, he was named world number one, but due to the break, he now ranks fifth in the ATP rankings behind Serbian Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Austrian Dominic Thiem and Russian Daniil Medvedev.
Roger Federer is back. Tennis smiles and sport is drawn as a slightly better place. #PortadaSp_ ???????? pic.twitter.com/LTlju8WEJn
— Sphera Sports (@SpheraSports) February 2, 2021
Will you be able to surpass them all?
There is a long way to go to find out, but now that Roger Federer will return to the courts in March, will start the process to continue demonstrating why it is considered one of the best in the world.
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