The presence of Roger Federer will give a special touch to the 2021 Geneva Open. The Swiss competition, which will be held from May 16 to 22, unveiled the list of players who will compete in its next edition, where the idol of home.
Federer, 39, decided that his country’s ATP 250 would be the only stop he would have before Roland Garros, and initially, unless the organization surprised with a ‘wild card’, he would start as the first seed by being number eight. of the world.
He would be followed by the Canadian Denis Shapovalov (14), the Chilean Cristian Garín (22), the Norwegian Casper Ruud (24), the Australian Alex de Miñaur (25), the Italian Fabio Fognini (27), the Croatian Borna Coric (29) and the Serbian Filip Krajinovic (33).
Those would be the first eight seeds of the tournament according to the ranking they occupy today. The rest of the table would be formed by the French Adrian Mannarino (34) and Benoit Paire (35), the German Jan-Lennard Struff (40), the Hungarian Marton Fucsovics (41), the Kazakh Alexander Bublik (42), the Croatian Marin Cilic (44), the American Reilly Opelka (45), the Spanish Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (48), the Serbian Laslo Djere (49), the Argentine Guido Pella (50) and the German Dominik Koepfer (54).
These would be the players entered for the 2021 Geneva Open, all led by Roger Federer. It should be remembered that the German Alexander Zverev was the champion of the last edition of the tournament, held in 2019, defeating the Chilean Nicolás Jarry in the final.
Last year it was not played due to the pandemic. Renowned Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen recently revealed that he is a Roger Federer fan, and has received great applause for the Swiss rivalry with Rafael Nadal.
Mikkelsen believes that Federer and Nadal’s unique playing styles make them truly iconic figures in the sport.
Mikkelsen’s abre sobre Roger Federer
“Yes (I am a Roger Federer fan), but my wife is a Nadal fan, I am also a Rafael Nadal fan,” said Mads Mikkelsen.
“We are very lucky to have them both at the same time. And Djokovic, of course. It’s so rare that there are icons like that peaking at the same time, just like Messi and Ronaldo in football.
It doesn’t matter which side you’re on as long as they’re both there. “The former Bond villain likes to watch Nadal’s tenacious play, and called the Mallorcan” smart. “Regarding Federer, on the other hand, Mikkelsen claimed that the elegant skills with the Swiss’s racket makes him look like a brilliant violinist.
“You’re building stories around these guys. But it’s the style, obviously,” Mikkelsen said. “It is wonderful to see this bull terrier Nadal, who is so physical and intelligent. Playing this elegant tennis, Federer, which is (like) playing the best violin in the world. If they were both playing the same way, it could be boring.”
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