After almost 500 days of absence, Roger Federer returned in a Grand Slam tournament, offering good evidence in a three-set victory against Denis Istomin. Although his opponent was not considered a particular obstacle, the twenty-time Grand Slam winner had come back from some disappointing performances and eliminations like the one he had in front of his fans in Geneva against Spain’s Pablo Andujar, a loss that showed the limits. current of the Swiss of almost 40 years.
Federer is back this year after approximately thirteen months absence and two knee surgeries, the recovery was grueling but he is working hard to return in the best possible condition in light of his season goals, namely Wimbledon and the Games. Olympics
Tokyo 2021. The first tournament after Federer’s long absence was in Doha where the Swiss tennis player beat Daniel Evans in the second leg as he came out in the quarterfinals of the tournament losing to then tournament winner Nikoloz Basilashvili.
Federer’s words on Evans and Djokovic
Following the loss to Federer, the British tennis player probably did the feat of the year by beating world number one Novak Djokovic at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 in a very unexpected victory.
The match was one-sided with Evans disorienting “Nole” with his shots and the Serbian tennis player in a rather negative version. Evans and Federer are on excellent terms, they both trained often and even in Doha before the match they spent a few days training.
Roger recently spoke about the victory of his colleague Evans over the great rival Novak Djokovic and surprised with the following statements: “Daniel Evans defeated Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo and that motivated me, the reason is that I beat Evans in Doha.
This doesn’t mean much and it certainly doesn’t mean that I had beaten Novak, but all of this made me realize that my level is not that far from the best players. ”
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