A beautiful edition of the Australian Open recently came to an end, with Novak Djokovic’s victory over Daniil Medvedev in the final, the explosion of some interesting surprises, such as Aslan Karatsev reaching the semifinals, and the argument about some games from memory like Tsitsipa’s quarter-final win against Nadal.
It was a great tournament and yet we all thought about it at least once before, during and after: “But he’s not there, is it?” That he can only be himself, the tennis player who is surpassed in everything by champions of the present and future, but who continues to make us watch tennis in the hope of seeing him hit the ball again with his backhand.
That he is Roger Federer and, luckily, will return soon. He shared it with a post on Instagram. He is sweaty and happy, leans on the net and shows how the exhaustion of the 40 years that began on Aug.
August will arrive mercilessly, leaving no way out, but also with the smile of someone who is about to do what everyone wants again, to play tennis. He will return to the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.
March the Qatar ExxonMobil Open will take place. Federer’s smile says a lot. His last official game was on January 30, 2020, when he lost in the Australian Open semifinals to Djokovic, who later won the title.
At the time, there was talk of this virus that was killing people in Wuhan. Some thought it good to be careful as a virus can always spread its reach quickly, but eventually we all thought the world had turned on, as it always had, and the Chinese who stayed below were poor .
Novak Djokovic’s coach Goran Ivanisevic recently claimed he would never write off Roger Federer, despite the fact that the Swiss have had physical problems for some time. In an interview with Tennis Majors, Goran Ivanisevic claimed that the comeback of Roger Federer was a signal in itself that the Swiss were ready to go on tour again.
Ivanisevic on Roger Federer’s return
“I played against Roger Federer and trained against Roger Federer,” said Goran Ivanisevic. “One thing I learned is that you should never discount it, so I won’t do it now.
He is always dangerous, especially at Wimbledon and to a lesser extent the US Open, “added the Croatian.” When he plays it means he is ready and when he is ready he is an extremely difficult opponent.
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