Although it is known that the tour on clay was never the favorite of Roger Federerwas expected to see him play one more time after his fleeting return at the Doha ATP 250 after just over a year without playing professionally.
The Swiss had already announced his withdrawal to Monte Carlo, which began to be played this week and has Rafael Nadal as the main favorite, but this Monday it was confirmed that he will not be in another of the three thousand-point tournaments that will take place before the Parisian Grand Slam. .
When the list of entries for the Rome Masters was released, many realized that Your Majesty has been crossed out, which means that it will not be in the Foro Italico this season, leaving only one event before Roland Garros.
It is about the Madrid Masters, to which Roger Federer s is scored, although it is not ruled out that he can get off at the last minute to skip the entire tour on brick dust and concentrate on the grass, where he aims to conquer Halle and Wimbledon.
It won’t be the first time the former world number one skips this part of the calendar. He had already done it between 2017 and 2018, the years in which he conquered his last Grand Slam with two titles at the Australian Open and another on the London lawn.
Furthermore, the great goal of Roger Federer This year is the Olympic Games in Tokyo, where they seek to bring Switzerland the gold that they could never achieve in singles, although they did take the doubles with Stan Wawrinka in Beijing 2008.
For now what is known is that the Swiss is registered for Madrid, which could be his only preparation to play at Roland Garros and compete against Nadal to see who breaks the mark of 20 greats they have shared since last year.
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