In Doha, after 405 days of absence, Roger Federer won a game against the Briton Daniel Evans on March 10, before losing to the Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili 3: 6, 6: 1, 7: 5. The legendary Swiss retired from tournaments in Dubai and then in Miami.
“I’ve decided that the best thing to do is to go back to training,” said the 39-year-old legendary player. Since then, the other 20 Grand Slam crown player (like Rafael Nadal) had retired with some discretion.
On his program, his form, his wishes, his motivation. In an interview with the fashion magazine “Numéro Homme” he assures us that he will keep the flame: “I will not come back to play the second round in a lost corner.
I feel like I know what to do to get there. There is part of the dream and part of logic, it is a logical dream. I want to win big tournaments and beat the best players in the world.
I work very hard for it even though I don’t talk about it much. “The 103 ATP winner described Switzerland as a quiet, sparsely populated country. But in this case, Federer was in the forest for a carefree evening with people nearby.
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“The nice thing here in Switzerland is that there are seldom large groups on the go. This time it was a funny situation, ”said Roger Federer. “A stranger sneaked into the little party out of nowhere and everything got very intense.
A gentleman came over and made a joke. “Don’t fry!” He said. “You mustn’t make a fire here!” “And I think,” No joke now? “I knew that there was a fire ban in the summer, but I didn’t know that it currently applies where we were that day,” said Federer.
What came next made everyone laugh, however. Federer continued: “Then he said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry, I was trying to make a joke. I thought you were someone else “After the Qatar Open, Roger Federer withdrew from his next planned event in Dubai.
Surprisingly, the 39-year-old also decided to shorten his hard court season by retiring from the Miami Masters. After his campaign in Doha, Roger Federer had claimed that he would want to use the upcoming sand swing as preparation time for the all-important grass season.
With that in mind, it was recently announced that Federer’s presence in Halle, where he has been a record champion ten times, has been confirmed.
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