The ATP 250 tournament in Geneva in 2021 was won by the 22-year-old Norwegian Casper Ruud (number 3 seed), who overtook Denis Shapovalov 7: 6, 6: 4 in the final. It was the second career title for the Norwegian tennis player, who won in Buenos Aires last year by defeating Portuguese Pedro Sousa in the final.
Rosset: “That’s normal”
At the press conference, the Swiss Marc Rosset, Sports Director of the Geneva Open, commented on the defeat that Roger Federer, who returned to the ATP Tour for the first time since the Doha tournament, suffered in the second round: “I hope the defeat served him a little like an electric shock.
It makes him realize that things could be more complicated than he thought. Above all, we must not allow ourselves to be discouraged. His return may take longer or shorter than expected, but he must not let go.
When he came back in 2017 and won everything, it was kind of not normal. Normality is what it is experiencing now. Even if your name is Roger Federer, you can’t stay off the pitch for fifteen months and win it all.
Otherwise I would go home right away and get my bat back. If it were that easy … Roger will take his time, he will need games. It’s up to us to be patient, we don’t have to judge him every time he loses.
He has to fight back, be tolerant of himself. Keep trying and the wheel will spin! ”Federer was immediately beaten by Spaniard Pablo Andujar, who beat him with a score of 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
The Spanish tennis player continued his way to the semi-finals, where he was stopped in straight sets by Ruud. King Roger’s program will now go through Roland Garros in Paris, where he is aware that he cannot strive for excellent results. Photo credit: PeRFect Tennis
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